[ExI] More Fermi Paradox

[Tomaz Kristan]

> What if another civ has already done this?

Then you are lucky. Others have done the job, otherwise you should.

Still, if their try is not good enough, you have to overwrite their probes
front. As best as you can.

But proceed as nobody has done anything of that kind yet. Do it right and
fast.


On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Andrew Mckee <andymck35 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 15 May 2013 02:44:51 +1200, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  He mentions one thing I hadn't heard before. - Sandberg probes (from
>> you know who).
>> The suggestion here is that when a civ gets to the stage that it can
>> create self-replicating probes to go out and spam the universe,
>> another thought occurs..... What if another civ has already done this?
>>
>
> David Brin's novel - 'Existence'  kinda takes this idea and runs with it,
> definitely worth a read IMO.
>
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