[ExI] Interstellar message decontamination is impossible

[John Clark]

On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 9:54 AM, Dave Sill <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:

> * > it is cheaper for ETI to send a malicious message to eradicate humans
> compared to sending battleships.*

Battleships are obsolete, a Von Neumann Probe that weighed less than an
ounce could, if properly programed, eradicate the entire human race and it
would be almost as cheap as a message and much more reliable,...except
that...well...what would be the point? What do we have that ET wants? There
is quite literally an astronomically huge amount of matter and energy that
is going to waste in the universe that is not being controlled by any
intelligent agency, so why does ET need the ridiculously paltry amount that
we’re using?

 John K Clark
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