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Not want to share? That's really dumb. If I have some things I use, I might not want to share them with someone else because then I can't use them. But we mak
by woodandsteel 10y ago
Not want to share? That's really dumb. If I have some things I use, I might not want to share them with someone else because then I can't use them.
But we make no use at all of 99.999999999999999999999% of the universe, so how does it hurt us if some other species do?
- wyager 10y ago> so how does it hurt us if some other species do Liu Cixin's The Dark Forest has an interesting take on this. Basically it's conceivable that the game-theoretically optimal policy is to kill any other sentient species you come across, even if it means you lose access to whatever resources they currently have. This argument falls apart at some point, because it's (presumably) not optimal for all humans to try to kill each other all the time, but it's an interesting idea nonetheless.
- lmm 10y agoI found Blindsight/Echopraxia (released together as Firefall) a very interesting story on many levels, and it covers this kind of subject.
- corndoge 10y agoYes, because if we make it out there, I don't want to deal with having to get rid of the life there just so we can use the space. I am sure humanity will advance to use at least 50% of the space before our sun goes nova, if Moore's law is any indicator of technological advancement.