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To draw on some well-founded sci-fi concerns, the dark forest hypothesis would be that it is not a good idea to announce one's presence to the cosmos without pr
by conjectures 6y ago
To draw on some well-founded sci-fi concerns, the dark forest hypothesis would be that it is not a good idea to announce one's presence to the cosmos without preparation.
https://blog.usejournal.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-universe-a52012529e0f https://blog.usejournal.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-un...
- stevenjohns 6y agoI’ve never liked this reasoning: > A civilization that wishes to continue expanding across the universe will need to compete for the limited resources with any other intelligent life If a civilisation has the ability to travel across to different star systems, then going to war over a single planet’s resources makes little sense when they probably have the ability to manipulate and craft matter, at will, at the atomic level.
- nwah1 6y agoThe problem with crafting individual atoms at will is that eventually you run out of atoms.
- richardw 6y agoAny society whose primary mindset is competing for resources will off itself long before it gets to affect anyone else. If you don’t transcend that primitive instinct, you’re already doomed.
- wildpeaks 6y agoThing is, humanity (or whatever comes next) will need a way to survive the death of its sun. Yes we take the risk of stumbling on something so alien that it wouldn't perceive us as worthy of preserving, or that their means of communication could destroy us, but given the alternative is extinction anyway, it's worth a try. And let's say we're long gone and no other specie picks up where we left off, at least we give a fighting chance to the other species of our planet to get rescued by something else.