<div dir="ltr">Apologies for having missed it, but can someone please link me to the paper?<div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 5:35 PM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 at 21:27, spike jones via extropy-chat<br>
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> Hi Keith,<br>
> I read over that paper you referenced by Anders and the K. Eric.<br>
> I have a sinking feeling they might be right.<br>
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> There is a very good chance that planet-spanning tech-enabled civliizations at our level might be something that comes up once in a long while but generally seldom coexists because of its rarity anywhere in our light cone. If so… There really is not paradox at all. We really are all alone out here in the middle of no-where and no-when.<br>
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> spike<br>
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I wouldn't fret too much about it. That paper is complicated<br>
mathematical guesswork.<br>
We have no evidence outside of our solar system. We have no facts<br>
about what the likely probabilities might be.<br>
Multiplying estimated ranges of probabilities is still guesswork.<br>
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But any other civilisation is indeed likely to be a long way away from<br>
us and the light speed limitation will make communication very slow<br>
and physical contact would take hundreds of years. We would have to<br>
send an AI to represent us. Let's hope it doesn't tell the truth and<br>
let them know how terrible humanity is! ;)<br>
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BillK<br>
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