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once again, someone suggests that humans will develop (at probably staggering costs) probes that cannot report back to them for tens of thousands of years. how
by zabzonk 3y ago
once again, someone suggests that humans will develop (at probably staggering costs) probes that cannot report back to them for tens of thousands of years. how many human civilizations have lasted that long - zero? it is simply not in our interest to do so.
- bitcharmer 3y ago> it is simply not in our interest to do so That's the most bizarre statement I have seen in the context of VN probes.
- matthewdgreen 3y agoAt the point where a civilization can build self-replicating intelligent probes, concepts like “staggering cost” probably aren’t as much of a barrier as you’d imagine.