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What story is that, if it is one? I'm actually more afraid they start shooting around this things where everything folds down to 2D space :s Given the size of

What story is that, if it is one? I'm actually more afraid they start shooting around this things where everything folds down to 2D space :s Given the size of the sun and what it does, and not does to us because the size of our solar system also no clue how that thermonuclear probe would work, or how big it needs to be? But curious! Anyway, if those guys shoot that just around, how likely is it that our stone age AI and other tech would detect them?

noduerme 4y ago
>> how likely is it that our stone age AI and other tech would detect them? How likely is it they'd even consider us worth the effort?
- throwbadubadu 4y ago
  Effort to hide, or too launch? Though both wouldn't be for us but from anything that they have to assume behaves similar as them, at some point. How likely is that this would be any significant effort for them at all? But I also believe that the stance is unlikely and they hopefully had more caring thoughts for us... like we care for all the extinction of our fellow species on this planet.. ehm or maybe should, but they taste too good and I need my house warm :D
  - noduerme 4y ago
    So, what about the cleanup effort? Let's say you're a civilization advanced enough to direct world-destroying missiles at everything 100 LY around you... that means you can reasonably get some intelligence on what you're destroying, and it's probably valuable enough territory to make it worth checking out before you incinerate it. A 100-year mission to go there and, oh, alter the atmosphere just enough to eradicate the dominant species, would be a much better strategy than just annihilating a productive ecosystem...
leducw 4y ago
The Killing Star by George Zebrowski. In my opinion a pretty terrifying rapid scenario.
madaxe_again 4y ago
The Dark Forest, Liu Cixin. You’re sure you haven’t read it? If not, your concerns over geometry are… uncanny.
- throwbadubadu 4y ago
  Sure, that's why I am afraid about that, and not the thermonuclear probe ;)

noduerme 4y ago

>> how likely is it that our stone age AI and other tech would detect them? How likely is it they'd even consider us worth the effort?

throwbadubadu 4y ago
Effort to hide, or too launch? Though both wouldn't be for us but from anything that they have to assume behaves similar as them, at some point. How likely is that this would be any significant effort for them at all? But I also believe that the stance is unlikely and they hopefully had more caring thoughts for us... like we care for all the extinction of our fellow species on this planet.. ehm or maybe should, but they taste too good and I need my house warm :D
- noduerme 4y ago
  So, what about the cleanup effort? Let's say you're a civilization advanced enough to direct world-destroying missiles at everything 100 LY around you... that means you can reasonably get some intelligence on what you're destroying, and it's probably valuable enough territory to make it worth checking out before you incinerate it. A 100-year mission to go there and, oh, alter the atmosphere just enough to eradicate the dominant species, would be a much better strategy than just annihilating a productive ecosystem...

leducw 4y ago

The Killing Star by George Zebrowski. In my opinion a pretty terrifying rapid scenario.

madaxe_again 4y ago

The Dark Forest, Liu Cixin. You’re sure you haven’t read it? If not, your concerns over geometry are… uncanny.

throwbadubadu 4y ago
Sure, that's why I am afraid about that, and not the thermonuclear probe ;)