From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Wed Apr 24 2002 - 02:43:53 MDT
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Lee Corbin wrote:
> everything in its path to itself, it also finds that it's squeamish
Why should the postbiology be so squeamish? Especially, in the face of
economic pressure? (It's not just the people, it's the complete ecosphere
they depend on -- a rather rambling and vulnerable structure).
> about converting people too, so it lets us keep the top .1 percent
> of the planet. And then it uses your idea to perplex us:
Where will they get their power, if not radiated from space, and requiring
receptacles on the planet surface? Why should they stick to grossly
underutilized 0.01% of the planetary mass, instead of dissassembling and
using 99.99% of it? (Of course it will eat the small rocks and
planetesimals first, but why should it then balk at disassembling this
place?)
(I realize this thread is tongue in cheek, but some people might not aware
of this).
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