3 ms·
The point use that we don't need to assume any new physics or assume any new technology beyond what is considered highly likely for the next century to view Dys
by cletus 8y ago
The point use that we don't need to assume any new physics or assume any new technology beyond what is considered highly likely for the next century to view Dyson spheres as admission inevitable. We don't even need to assume fusion.
New technologies exacerbate this problem rather than solve it. As do new physics. In fact Isaac mentioned multiple times that the inability the apparent absence of evidence of advanced civilizations is the best evidence for there not being FTL travel or communication (as just one example).
So while i can agree we don't know everything I'm not sure why it matters.
- TangoTrotFox 8y agoThis is like in times past a people believing that they could detect any other intelligence by seeing the smokes from their fires. After all how else would they cook their food or create light to see in the dark? A dyson sphere isn't some profound insight into the universe. It's a relatively straight forward idea once we achieve the understanding that we can capture EM energy and convert it into other usable forms of energy. Of course before that revolutionary discovery or EM utilization it's something that would seem completely nonsensical.