Did you omit a word? ("Type III __ at best") I agree that a Type III Civilization is just an assumption of what direction a civilization would advance. The art

Did you omit a word? ("Type III __ at best") I agree that a Type III Civilization is just an assumption of what direction a civilization would advance. The article does mention an alternative (they no longer care about meat space, or something similar). If we do resolve the Fermi Paradox I suspect we'll be able to express the answer simply enough to not need to bring in Type III Civilizations, the anthropic principle, etc. Note that I find nothing wrong with them as useful tools for discussion, just that the answer likely isn't one we can construct by means of logic, it must be discovered -- as in, observational astronomy. Which is what I intend to do: go out with a telescope and look at the stars. :)