The Omega Point theory is about how the universe is being pulled into more and more complexity and consciousness by a point that is always ahead of us.
"Omega Point is a term coined by the French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881–1955) to describe a maximum level of complexity and consciousness towards which he believed the universe was evolving.
In this theory, developed by Teilhard in The Future of Man (1950), the universe is constantly developing towards higher levels of material complexity and consciousness, a theory of evolution that Teilhard called the Law of Complexity/Consciousness. For Teilhard, the universe can only move in the direction of more complexity and consciousness if it is being drawn by a supreme point of complexity and consciousness.
Thus Teilhard postulates the Omega Point as this supreme point of complexity and consciousness, which in his view is the actual cause for the universe to grow in complexity and consciousness. In other words, the Omega Point exists as supremely complex and conscious, transcendent and independent of the evolving universe." -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_Point
For something to be scientific it has to be successfully applied to the scientific method. The Omega Point theory can be tested using the scientific method.
"The scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge.[1] To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning.[2] The Oxford English Dictionary defines the scientific method as: "a method or procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses."[3]
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Four essential elements[45][46][47] of the scientific method[48] are iterations,[49][50] recursions,[51] interleavings, or orderings of the following:
* Characterizations (observations,[52] definitions, and measurements of the subject of inquiry)
* Hypotheses[53][54] (theoretical, hypothetical explanations of observations and measurements of the subject)[55]
* Predictions (reasoning including logical deduction[56] from the hypothesis or theory)
* Experiments[57] (tests of all of the above)" -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienti...entific_method
"Omega Point is a term coined by the French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881–1955) to describe a maximum level of complexity and consciousness towards which he believed the universe was evolving.
In this theory, developed by Teilhard in The Future of Man (1950), the universe is constantly developing towards higher levels of material complexity and consciousness, a theory of evolution that Teilhard called the Law of Complexity/Consciousness. For Teilhard, the universe can only move in the direction of more complexity and consciousness if it is being drawn by a supreme point of complexity and consciousness.
Thus Teilhard postulates the Omega Point as this supreme point of complexity and consciousness, which in his view is the actual cause for the universe to grow in complexity and consciousness. In other words, the Omega Point exists as supremely complex and conscious, transcendent and independent of the evolving universe." -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_Point
For something to be scientific it has to be successfully applied to the scientific method. The Omega Point theory can be tested using the scientific method.
"The scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge.[1] To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning.[2] The Oxford English Dictionary defines the scientific method as: "a method or procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses."[3]
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Four essential elements[45][46][47] of the scientific method[48] are iterations,[49][50] recursions,[51] interleavings, or orderings of the following:
* Characterizations (observations,[52] definitions, and measurements of the subject of inquiry)
* Hypotheses[53][54] (theoretical, hypothetical explanations of observations and measurements of the subject)[55]
* Predictions (reasoning including logical deduction[56] from the hypothesis or theory)
* Experiments[57] (tests of all of the above)" -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienti...entific_method
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