[ExI] Fermi Paradox and Transcension

[Stefano Vaj]

On 5 September 2012 12:38, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:

> On 05/09/2012 11:19, BillK wrote:
>
>> IEET have a long article suggesting that the future of all
>> civilisations is to 'transcend' and live inside black hole domains.
>>
>
> While I hope this is possible and maybe true, I think there is a deep
> problem with the hypothesis: it assumes a very strong convergence to this
> lifestyle. It must be so good that no alien Amish or explorers get left
> behind to make the universe different. Can you imagine any cultural or
> technological innovation that would suck in 100% of humans?
>

My objection exactly. For the time being, the most persuasive answer to the
Fermi paradox remains for me that offered by Wolfram.

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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