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Personally, I loved it. A lot gets translated in a clunky fashion, and I thought book 2 was the clunkiest translation, but the ideas are fantastic. I have a fe
by Intermernet 6y ago
Personally, I loved it. A lot gets translated in a clunky fashion, and I thought book 2 was the clunkiest translation, but the ideas are fantastic.
I have a feeling that the "Dark Forest" theory is going to be accepted as a valid answer to the conundrum of the Drake equation.
- _Microft 6y agoSee here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox#It_is_dangerous_to_communicate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox#It_is_dangerous_...
- IngoBlechschmid 6y agoApparently there is also a easy solution to the Fermi paradox by taking the uncertainty in the Drake parameters into account: https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.02404 https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.02404 "We examine these parameters, incorporating models of chemical and genetic transitions on paths to the origin of life, and show that extant scientific knowledge corresponds to uncertainties that span multiple orders of magnitude. This makes a stark difference. When the model is recast to represent realistic distributions of uncertainty, we find a substantial {\em ex ante} probability of there being no other intelligent life in our observable universe, and thus that there should be little surprise when we fail to detect any signs of it."