From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Sun Jul 29 2001 - 16:48:12 MDT
On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 10:02:36AM -0700, Lee Corbin wrote:
> Mitch writes, in part,
>
> > I tend to agree with Kurzweil, that the fate of the universe
> > will be decided, not by the weak nuclear force, the strong
> > force, electromagnetism, or even gravity, but by intelligence;
> > in which the other four forces crumble in the face of.
>
> I don't know of anyone who said this before Tipler in "The
> Anthropic Cosmological Principle", in 1986.
I think Tipler and Barrow are quoting Freeman Dyson. I think he is the
most likely originator.
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