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That’s a common trope? Can’t say I’ve run into it. But I’d like to! What are some good examples?
by ctmnt 10mo ago
That’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