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Why do you think we're at the end stages of the Great Filter? Isn't it plausible that, as technology grows cheaper and more powerful, it will become easier for
by yowzadave 4y ago
Why do you think we're at the end stages of the Great Filter? Isn't it plausible that, as technology grows cheaper and more powerful, it will become easier for smaller and smaller groups to obtain world-killing abilities?
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- aaroninsf 4y agoI think the implicit premise in the GF theory is that it's "adapt or die," i.e. either our civilization/species develops truly robust means of preventing mis-application of high-leverage technologies, or, it goes extinct. Most likely. But I agree, it's a process, not a state machine.
- specialist 4y agoYa, we're in the beginning stages of The Great Filter.
- piyh 4y agoA bunch of medium sized filters can look a lot like a great filter.
- IAmGraydon 4y agoThe sequence of the Great Filter: 1. The right star system (including organics and potentially habitable planets) 2. Reproductive molecules (e.g. RNA) 3. Simple (prokaryotic) single-cell life 4. Complex (eukaryotic) single-cell life 5. Sexual reproduction 6. Multi-cell life 7. Tool-using animals with intelligence 8. A civilization advancing toward the potential for a colonization explosion (where we are now) 9. Colonization explosion We have made it through 7 of the 9 steps and are currently in number 8. I would call that the end stages of the Great Filter.