[ExI] Bad News for Fermi Paradox?

[Dave Sill]

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 10:22 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since we are first, other typical technological
> civilizations should also be first.


Huh? Parse error.


> The principle of mediocrity allows
> no second acts.


What?


> The implication is that once species become
> technological, they flame out and take the biosphere with them.
>

That could well be the case. We seem to be headed that way.

-Dave
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