[ExI] Fermi question, was is a FTL drive a dream

[Will Steinberg]

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com>wrote:

>  The problem is that effectively unlimited
> virtual worlds can be constructed and inhabited for a *tiny* fraction
> of the time and energy needed for the hop to another star system.
>

Perhaps once societies reach the overmind phase, they realize that it is
extremely pleasurable to their goals to seek out other intelligent life.
 Then they would travel the stars as invisible gods, socializing in the
void and betting on which planets would 'make it'. ;)
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