From: Anders Sandberg (nv91-asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Thu Feb 13 1997 - 04:18:34 MST
On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, The Low Golden Willow wrote:
> On Feb 12, 12:17pm, Anders Sandberg wrote:
>
> } > I'd rank the Linde scenario as the likeliest sounding, with Dyson
> } > a close second, Tipler third, and Moravec/Egan fourth.
>
> Tipler is Omega Point. Dyson is we keep on eking out our lives.
> Moravec seems to be "copies of us will exist somewhere else". What's
> Linde? We'll run away to basement universes?
Yes, and perhaps interconnect them with wormholes into a
high-dimentsional SI playground. I delineated a way to create hypercube
universes a few months back on the >H list.
> It's weird to see ideas that make Tipler seem sane. I prefer to bet on
> Dyson, myself.
He is safe, but a bit boring. Tipler has the right mix of dynamic
optimism and drama. Linde is a bit weird, and Moravec/Egan downright
bizarre when you start thinking of it.
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