I suspect that Tegmark is bright enough to have arrived on his own, given cosmology, physical law and a strict adherence to materialism.
What I want to know is how he became motivated to push for a positive Singularity. It seems to me that people who think that a Singularity is possible, or even likely, greatly outnumber people who think they ought to do something about it. (I used to wonder why most people are so apathetic in the face of such danger and opportunity, but maybe a better question is how the few people who are not became that way.)
What I want to know is how he became motivated to push for a positive Singularity. It seems to me that people who think that a Singularity is possible, or even likely, greatly outnumber people who think they ought to do something about it. (I used to wonder why most people are so apathetic in the face of such danger and opportunity, but maybe a better question is how the few people who are not became that way.)