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It's also conjecture that the more advanced a civ is the more energy it needs
by collaborative 5y ago
It's also conjecture that the more advanced a civ is the more energy it needs
- andai 5y agoA counterpoint is Buckminster Fuller's ephemeralization: over time we learn how to do more and more with less and less, until eventually, we can do everything with nothing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephemeralization https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephemeralization
- erklik 5y ago> nothing Doesn't that violate cause and effect? i.e. if we can have a "result" without any "effort" then there was no cause for that result i.e. violating cause and effect.
- Apocryphon 5y agoAny sufficiently ultra-advanced technology is indistinguishable from miracles.
- erklik 5y ago> miracles Hmm. Magic and miracles are not the same. One is breaking some of the core laws of physics that hold true regardless of your "capabilities". I also don't really like that justification because it can essentially justify any sort of belief.
- Apocryphon 5y ago"There's no such thing as miracles, or the supernatural, only cutting-edge technology!"
- andai 5y agoI assumed he was observing that as technology improves, human effort asymptotically approaches zero. If it reached zero, I would be worried!