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It'd be super fun to take that as an axiom of physics then to see how far upwards one could build from that. Above my skills by far.
by RhysU 10mo ago
It'd be super fun to take that as an axiom of physics then to see how far upwards one could build from that. Above my skills by far.
- UltraSane 10mo agoThe minimum amount of energy needed to compute decreased asymptotically to 0 as the temperature of space goes to 0. This is the reason a common sci-fi trope where advanced civilizations hibernate for extremely long times so that they can do more computation with available energy.
- ctmnt 10mo agoThat’s a common trope? Can’t say I’ve run into it. But I’d like to! What are some good examples?
- UltraSane 10mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aestivation_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aestivation_hypothesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9sh9NpL4i8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9sh9NpL4i8 https://mindmatters.ai/2020/10/researchers-the-aliens-exist-but-they-are-sleeping/ https://mindmatters.ai/2020/10/researchers-the-aliens-exist-... https://aleph.se/andart2/space/the-aestivation-hypothesis-popular-outline-and-faq/ https://aleph.se/andart2/space/the-aestivation-hypothesis-po...
- CamperBob2 10mo agoHere you go: https://pastebin.com/raw/SUd5sLRC https://pastebin.com/raw/SUd5sLRC And it only cost 0.006 rain forests!
- Supermancho 10mo agoIn the book Calculating God, a character notes that this is a common civilization-wide choice. Living in virtual reality, rather than trying to expand into the vast expanses of space, is a common trope as much as it's a logical choice. It neatly explains the Fermi Paradox. In some fiction, like The Matrix, the choice might be forced due to cultural shifts, but the outcome is the same. A relatively sterile low-energy state civilization doing pure processing.
- ithkuil 10mo agoI wonder if it's illogical to think that all civilizations must always pick the most logical of the options
- yetihehe 10mo agoThose civilisations that make too much illogical choices probably die off.
- ithkuil 10mo agoTrue. But it's not a binary choice. All it takes is to make one sub-optmial choice for the universe to be filled up with von-neuman probes in all star systems
- Supermancho 10mo agoLogical and optimum are not the same.
- triMichael 10mo agoKurzgesagt just made a video on it a couple months back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMm-U2pHrXE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMm-U2pHrXE
- ruined 10mo agoit's called the first law of thermodynamics
- RhysU 10mo agoThe first law involves cwork. The axiom I am thinking of involves information.