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Von Neumann spam? Imagine a religious order like the space Mormons in the Expanse creating a self replicating evangelism bot. A few billion years later nothing
by api 4y ago
Von Neumann spam?
Imagine a religious order like the space Mormons in the Expanse creating a self replicating evangelism bot. A few billion years later nothing in the galaxy with more brain power than a mouse can get through life without being asked if it wants to hear about another testament of Jesus Christ.
We do help seed millions of other advanced civilizations though since when they become smart enough they are able to learn a ton by reverse engineering some of the millions of dead probes littering their planet and every other celestial body. Their first messages into the cosmos are variations of “okay which one of you bastards did this?”
Nobody is ever able to figure out the meaning of the probe’s message and humanity is long extinct.
Not meaning to diss Mormons though. If anyone built a generational ship I can imagine them doing it.