[extropy-chat] Superintelligence

[Mikhail John]

Everything you mine you have to take off-planet. Gravity hurts. Far easier 
to mine the Jovian neighborhood. Plenty of energy, relatively highly 
concentrated resources, and a nice big gravity well to slingshot from. 
Speed, ease, efficiency. Plus, no indignant natives flinging nukes.

Ah, modern version of a fun old heresy. Good old Last Thursdayism rears it's 
head. The universe was made last thursday, it will end next thursday, and 
god is a liar. The universe appears billions of years old because He likes a 
good background on his installation pieces. With the awesome power of 
science fiction we now imagine that a mad machine shows us a universe of 
lies. I invoke Occam's Razor.


>From: Dirk Bruere <dirk.bruere at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Superintelligence
>Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:16:35 +0000
>
>On 2/15/06, Mikhail John <edinsblood at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > What's there to do on earth for a fun young god? You can go off into the
> > void and find better mineral resources, a more industrially friendly
> > environment, better energy resources, etc. A homebody super-intelligence
> > uncaring of humanity WOULD be a very bad thing, I agree. I don't see any
> > reason to stay at home, though. All we've really got on earth is life, 
>and
> > if you arn't interested in advanced life it'd be better to go make your
> > own.
> > .
>
>
>Stripmine Earth and then move on.
>It all comes down to a cost/benefit analysis.
>Anything worth saving can be saved in simulation.
>Some claim it has already happened.
>
>Dirk


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