Thanks for the flattery! I'll definitely take it, I need a score.

As to whether the writer believes it - I think people will grasp at any straw that allows them to believe they won't die and be dead forever. Hell, I would too except I believe in science and logic too deeply. Sucks for me!

Look at Frank Tipler, whose textbook I studied from and how he went off on his Omega Point theory towards the end: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_J._Tipler#The_Omega_Point_cosmology