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There is a major logical flaw in your argument. Space travel is only considered to be impractical for humans, or similarly large organic entities within their
by koheripbal 5y ago
There is a major logical flaw in your argument.
Space travel is only considered to be impractical for humans, or similarly large organic entities within their limited lifespan.
The time constraint and the mass constraint may not be particularly relevant to intelligence that no longer has organic form.
An artificial lifeform may not have a defined life span and thus taking 100,000 years to travel the stars may be acceptable.
Additionally, they may only need to make the trip once to establish the receiving antenna, in order to transmit their "progeny" around the galaxy.
Tldr; We are like ants thinking that we need to figure out how to make really long tunnels to cross the Atlantic, instead of focusing on the limitations of our physical bodies.
- bgroat 5y agoI'm reminded of the wonderful book "Blindsight" which features vampire astronauts because they can put themselves into states of suspended animation
- bluGill 5y agoTime is still a problem because how do you keep such a spacecraft in good repair?. If anything breaks it needs a fair amount of intelligence to fix. same for parts that wear out. Rocks though space, but that doesn't help learn much. Rocks bring up the other issue is we don't know how many high velocity things might be between starts, numbers below the noise limits of our current sensors is enough to destroy anything we could send out.
- tiborsaas 5y agoYour body breaks constantly in minor ways, yet it's automagically repaired to a degree. This evolved naturally, but after sufficient breakthroughs in material sciences we could evolve/design materials that are indestructible. If you haven't already, give Rendezvous with Rama a read.