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It is. But it's a very important guess. In the same way game theory makes guesses about nuclear standoff strategy.
by ethbro 8y ago
It is. But it's a very important guess.
In the same way game theory makes guesses about nuclear standoff strategy.
- Pharmakon 8y agoThe critical nature of the guess doesn’t in any way improve our ability to make it accurate or useful. Bad assumptions are bad assumptions, regardless of the stakes. We have a sample size or just one, and precious little good information. Now, in a couple of decades that will probably have changed and we’ll have better data, but until then there’s a real masturbatory quality to discussions involving extraterrestrial life.