[ExI] Why Alien Life Would be our Doom - The Great Filter

[Tara Maya]

Do you think humans could learn alien technology, the way we can learn new technologies from other human civilizations?


> On Feb 8, 2018, at 7:09 AM, spike at rainier66.com wrote:
> 
> Ja, but there is another factor with human expansion: when two of the
> civilizations you described encounter each other, they fight.  When two
> civilizations fight persistently, they develop technological advances from
> developing superior weapons.  Then using the technology developments from
> superior weapons, they develop other technologies which advance the
> civilization, and eventually allow modification of the species and its
> educational tools.  Technology wins, humanity wins.
> 
> When two spacefaring species encounter each other, it isn't clear that any
> of those warrior technology arguments still hold.

Tara Maya
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