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Kardashev classification is a form of log scale. There's a huge continuum between II and III.
by varjag 5y ago
Kardashev classification is a form of log scale. There's a huge continuum between II and III.
- BruceEel 5y agoThis is very true and I guess we should be weary of making assumptions about other civilizations' means and motives...
- ben_w 5y agoAbout the same scale of difference between a family of four and the entirety of human civilisation and industry.
- jandrese 5y agoI've always found the Kardashev scale to be kind of silly. It starts off with an extremely ambitious goal, and then goes up two more huge steps from there. To me it always seemed like a classification system that doesn't fully understand the scale it is trying to use. Or one that assumes exponential unbounded growth as a starting point. The cube square law is one that catches a lot of Sci-Fi authors.