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'the most logical course of action for any alien discovering another life form, is to destroy it immediately'. In that case i'd rather be destroyed than share

'the most logical course of action for any alien discovering another life form, is to destroy it immediately'. In that case i'd rather be destroyed than share a universe with such a species. I do not think the premise makes sense. It also makes no sense to compare it with the slaughter of native americans, since that has been done by apes in clothes. Any interstellar spacefaring civilisation should be so advanced that it values construction over destruction.

pavel_lishin 9y ago
You've got a fairly self-fulfilling wish. If we share a universe with Dark Foresters, you'll be destroyed! And if we don't, you won't!
- iammyIP 9y ago
  Yes, if it would be code, pretty redundant. But the main point was that such a zip bomb species would be a fault of the universal system. I don't think it's that stupidly designed.
  - pavel_lishin 9y ago
    > I don't think it's that stupidly designed. I don't think it's designed at all.
    - iammyIP 9y ago
      Why would you think that? Without any system there wouldn't be any science.
      - pavel_lishin 9y ago
        The short answer is, "I'm an atheist", and the long answer you can sort of google for yourself.
        iammyIP 9y ago
        Google gives nothing. From your sentence i can only deduce that you don't believe in scientific results and instead in some other 'erratically acting' null-deity. But that can't be the case, since we can build airplanes and satellites based on our understanding of how the natural system works. Why would you say that these things work and could stop to do so if the supposed null-deity doesnt think it's appropriate now, acting by no law in particular?
nkrisc 9y ago
> In that case i'd rather be destroyed than share a universe with such a species. Lucky for you, that's exactly what would happen if you shared the universe with such a species.
- iammyIP 9y ago
  The underlying system is hopefully much better designed, so this will never occur.

pavel_lishin 9y ago

You've got a fairly self-fulfilling wish. If we share a universe with Dark Foresters, you'll be destroyed! And if we don't, you won't!

iammyIP 9y ago
Yes, if it would be code, pretty redundant. But the main point was that such a zip bomb species would be a fault of the universal system. I don't think it's that stupidly designed.
- pavel_lishin 9y ago
  > I don't think it's that stupidly designed. I don't think it's designed at all.
  - iammyIP 9y ago
    Why would you think that? Without any system there wouldn't be any science.
    - pavel_lishin 9y ago
      The short answer is, "I'm an atheist", and the long answer you can sort of google for yourself.
      - iammyIP 9y ago
        Google gives nothing. From your sentence i can only deduce that you don't believe in scientific results and instead in some other 'erratically acting' null-deity. But that can't be the case, since we can build airplanes and satellites based on our understanding of how the natural system works. Why would you say that these things work and could stop to do so if the supposed null-deity doesnt think it's appropriate now, acting by no law in particular?

nkrisc 9y ago

> In that case i'd rather be destroyed than share a universe with such a species. Lucky for you, that's exactly what would happen if you shared the universe with such a species.

iammyIP 9y ago
The underlying system is hopefully much better designed, so this will never occur.