From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Tue Jun 11 2002 - 07:53:21 MDT
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Mark Walker wrote:
> Of course we don't need to assume that every or even many
> civilizations choose this strategy--we only have to assume that one
> civilization successful launches such a colonization wave.
Exactly. The usual argument against transcension: it must happen every
time, since even a single nontranscendent culture would own this place.
(Omitting delayed hatching and lightcone visibility arguments for
clarity).
I'm unable to comment on the papers themselves, since this week is busy,
so I'm forced to limit myself on comments on comments.
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