[ExI] fermi paradox just got worse

[John Clark]

On Sun, Aug 9, 2026 at 1:23 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

*> This lack of ambition is perhaps a way to explain Fermi’s inquiry:
> intelligent life forms advance until they lose the desire to conquer the
> galaxy.*


*The trouble with all explanations of the Fermi Paradox of this sort runs
into the same basic problem, you have to assume there is EXACTLY 100%
agreement between every intelligent entity in the observable universe about
the wisdom of making a von Neumann probe. This list is a lot smaller than
the observable universe but even here there isn't a **100% agreement about
that.*

*John K Clark*
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