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On the other hand there might be the possibility of the existence of Kardashev type ≥0 civilizations that skipped our level of intelligence in their evolution a
by 3rd3 12y ago
On the other hand there might be the possibility of the existence of Kardashev type ≥0 civilizations that skipped our level of intelligence in their evolution and to which basic number theory is so trivial that it’s not worth mentioning, just like the concept of addition is trivial for us.
- jerf 12y agoIt's abstractly possible, but you have to tell one hell of a Just So story to get them there. Foreign life forms are embedded in the same physics we are, and most likely experienced the same basic life-and-death fight for every resource that our species did before our intelligence explosion. There's many ways they can be different than us, but there's a lot of ways that any intelligence embedded in the same universe as us must be the same, too. I think people get stars in their eyes and put way too much focus on the former quite often.