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The short story "The Great Silence" by Ted Chaing feels very relevant here. > The humans use Arecibo to look for extraterrestrial intelligence. Their desire to
by tokyolights2 4y ago
The short story "The Great Silence" by Ted Chaing feels very relevant here.
> The humans use Arecibo to look for extraterrestrial intelligence. Their desire to make a connection is so strong that they’ve created an ear capable of hearing across the universe. But I and my fellow parrots are right here. Why aren’t they interested in listening to our voices? We’re a nonhuman species capable of communicating with them. Aren’t we exactly what humans are looking for?
- taneq 4y agoI think the dark forest theory rings very true here. The risk/reward equation for communication is skewed so far towards the risk end that, as the joke goes, maybe the surest sign that there’s intelligent life is that none of it has contacted us. Or Peter Watts’ much more succinct take: if they do exist, they’ll be mean.
- ChatGTP 4y agoMaybe there is some truth in this. Wisdom and truth can be found in silence.
- musicale 4y agoParrots are extremely intelligent. And like most birds they also have superior spatial navigation skills.