I think it’s fundamentally interesting to see other biology. Just look at us trying to catalogue every possible life on earth, no matter how mundane.
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I think it’s fundamentally interesting to see other biology. Just look at us trying to catalogue every possible life on earth, no matter how mundane.
The thing is, out of a population of trillions (or even quadrillions as you say), you only need a few thousand to travel to the stars to colonize another planet. With how large the population is, that is bound to happen. Just like there were bound to be pioneers travelling to the new world to settle it, despite how dangerous the journey was. And how there will be pioneers to settle the moon or mars or further out.
And a civilization like that would absolutely send stuff to other star systems, if only for science, so most of the research for the journey would already be done. And this is assuming that a civilization wouldn’t want ever greater quantities of resources for ever greater projects, or access to other star systems for reasons we cannot fathom today (maybe neutron stars or black holes have some incredibly tempting uses? Or maybe there’s some useful resources out in the galaxy that we have yet to discover?)
Basically, a successful civilization like that is bound to spread out, it’s difficult to see scenarios where a successful civilization would be so homogenous in thought as for that to not happen. Amd then it’s before we even get to sending AI probes to “colonize” space and gather data.
Because we see no evidence of a 4th spatial dimension. So if there is a fourth dimension, our universe doesn’t seem to have access to it.
Even if it was just a “small thing”, how many “small things” that are all individually excusable has Microsoft added now? When would it be too much?
The crusades:
Yes I know degrowth isn’t about population, that’s what I said?
But if population naturally declines, I really don’t think it’s a good idea to try to reverse that trend. Less people means less resources consumed, and better quality of life for those children. Prioritize the people already alive over those that aren’t born. We have more than enough people in the world, and a lot of those people’s potential is not fully reached due to inequality.
Degrowth isn’t just about population, or even about it at all. Degrowth is about doing the opposite of what capitalism forces us to do, infinite growth on a finite planet.
But also, the last thing we should do is incentivize birthing more people. We have increasing amounts of automation technologies, we don’t need more people.
Of course it’s assuming that’s how advanced propulsion tech works. But it is useful to try to detect, just in case that’s how it actually turns out to work, no?
And if we detect something interesting, like a potential warp bubble collapse, well, that also gives us a strong hint that it’s possible, helping us to direct research in the right path.
Detecting techno-signatures of aliens would be super useful for us.
Yeah, Mozilla is doing good work, and AI is here to stay. It’s all about making and using AI ethically.
Carbon taxes doesn’t make capitalism good, it’s still like, the cause of the problem in the first place
I hate the excuse of “making fun of everything”
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
Ooh yes, that’s a classic paper!
Nah, just monster
You’re right, teacher salaries are lower in the US than many of these countries.
My natural diet includes energy drinks, ensuring I have a nutritionally balanced intake that includes B12 :)
(I say this jokingly, but it is literally true)
Yeah, go straight for the logical extreme, as if there isn’t a middle-ground here.
I mean, I don’t buy a GPU for the box…
You’re assuming that people whose parents are shitty will stay shitty, which is absolutely not the case. We should invest in education, mental healthcare, and child protective services to help prevent that.
BDSM and kink is just being nerdy about sex
I agree, my anarcho-communist polycule is fun. And very queer.