[ExI] Fermi Paradox - Weighted Summary

[Eugen Leitl]

On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 04:40:02PM -0500, John K Clark wrote:
> I can only see two solutions to the Fermi Paradox:
> 
> 1)We are the first.

Yes, that's the most likely explanation by far.
 
> 2) There is a fundamental limit on what intelligence can achieve, possibly 

Don't think so -- even suited monkeys and habitats are very observable,
if given enough time.

> due to war but probably because of the danger of having too much control 
> over ones mind and entering into a positive feedback loop;
> in other words, electronic drug addiction.

-- 
Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org
______________________________________________________________
ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org
8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A  7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE