[extropy-chat] Re: will the sun rise? (not if we dismantle it)

Eugen Leitl eugen at leitl.org
Sun Dec 26 22:15:20 UTC 2004


On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 09:36:37PM +0000, ben wrote:

> 'Scuse me, but isn't the idea of dismantling the sun to avoid wasting 
> energy rather missing the point?

No.
 
> I thought that's what Dyson Spheres were for.

There are no spheres, only circumstellar device clouds, with actively
controlled orbits.
 
> It should be a bit easier to to build one of those than to take the sun 
> apart.

You need a circumsolar device in order to at all to touch the star. Darwin drives for
maximum habitat, that is, computation/Joule (signalling is relativistically
constrained here, though). It depends on matter/energy ratio in the system. Ours seem to 
have enough matter to intercept all solar output, and even to put it all to 
good use.

Maybe shutting the star down, and going for a slower burn might be more
effective. Maybe not. 

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