From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Thu Sep 14 2000 - 15:19:47 MDT
xgl wrote:
>
> this thread is fast becoming too confusing for me; let's recap. is
> this thread about whether we _can_ over run the solar system, or whether
> we _will_?
>
> to me at least, there is no question that given sophisticated
> nanotech, we would be _able_ to turn the solar system (the galaxy even)
> into a terran breeding ground in an astonishingly short time. however, i
> thought samantha's original point was that once we have such power, we may
> not _want_ to waste it so profligately.
That is part of what I want to get across anyway:
a) having the power to do X and having the desire to do X are different
things;
b) assuming we will remain much as we are in goals and behaviors but
simply be more powerful is just an assumption and a very frightening one
at that;
c) our real expansion capabilities in real space-time must obey real
space-time limits;
d) there will quite likely be a vast set of conflicting goals and active
entities involved. Some energy/resources/time will be spend in working
out those conflicts. In short "we" is a bit overstated as if our goals
will be monolithic and consistent.
- samantha
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