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The thing is, we can't avoid putting money somewhere -- we are forced to make bets all the time (do nothing is also a bet). I would put the likelihood of pocket
by gnramires 5y ago
The thing is, we can't avoid putting money somewhere -- we are forced to make bets all the time (do nothing is also a bet). I would put the likelihood of pocket universes at something like 0.00000001% chance. Not zero, but really low.
- ben_w 5y agoSure, but I wouldn’t make a 1000 year bet, nor accept that not making one in this particular case is itself a bet as the infrastructure we make today isn’t likely to still be around in even a third of that time. All the stuff that I am currently in favour of for global energy supply and environment are mainly focused on the 50-100 year horizon for capability. I only care about longer timescales than that for damage on the grounds that kicking cans down the road seems both unfair and, given both how governments and civilisations fall, likely to make rebuilding unnecessarily difficult. (I believe, but do not know, that this will change if we get radical life extension)