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This is a complete non-sequitur. What you've said is that energy is a form of wealth, and energy is finite, therefore wealth is finite. It doesn't begin to fo
by ScottBurson 10y ago
This is a complete non-sequitur. What you've said is that energy is a form of wealth, and energy is finite, therefore wealth is finite. It doesn't begin to follow; what about forms of wealth other than energy? You even admit those exist when you say "transform [something] into a more valuable configuration".
- E6300 10y agoThe only other forms of wealth are matter, which is even more limited than energy, and information, which is theoretically infinite but practically requires matter and/or energy to be stored and/or processed. Can you give an example of a form of wealth that's infinite in amount?
- MichaelBurge 10y agoLet's wait until we've built an energy-capturing shell around the sun before we start using your ideas in arguments.
- E6300 10y agoEven if we built a Dyson sphere, we would not be creating wealth, we would just be making available to ourselves more of the wealth that's already out there.