[ExI] 30 Solutions to the Fermi Paradox

spike at rainier66.com spike at rainier66.com
Mon Mar 22 17:20:00 UTC 2021


 

 

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
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Subject: Re: [ExI] 30 Solutions to the Fermi Paradox

 

>…Suppose that the new alien race is a bit smarter than we are.  That reminds me of a scifi story in which aliens land here with their very advanced technology.  But they have been civilized for tens of thousands of years.  It turns out that on our scale their average IQ is about 80, and humans start selling them the Brooklyn Bridge and so on.  Maybe we'll be the ones to buy the stupid things from the aliens - their version of the Brooklyn Bridge.  bill w

 

 

That is kinda sorta the idea with the Borg from Star Trek: hive mind advanced so far that the individuals lost all autonomy and everything we think of as intelligence.  Picard accidentally killed one of them, a coupla Borglets saw, had no concept of murder or justice, they just scooped up the body and walked off with it to the morgue, no alarm, no nothing.  

 

You couldn’t sell “individuals” anything of course, because they didn’t think as an individual or have any money.  So if you were somehow beamed aboard, you might as well forget making a buttload and spend your time looking for the other 8 of whatever 7 of 9 was one of.  I bet those were some awesome space babe sisters.

 

spike

 

 

 

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