From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Tue Mar 09 1999 - 06:02:36 MST
Delvieron@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hiveminds, where are they?
>
> Perhaps defeated by the first post-Singularity Power they encounter?
Yeah? You mean the Power would, not just vaporize any intruding
spaceships, but traverse N galaxies to get the WHOLE civilization?
Okay, no problem. Maybe it picks it up as soon as it sees radio
emissions. Also, no problem. But if the Powers are that altruistic, or
mortal-phobic, or whatever, why aren't THEY here?
The worst part is, the blasted answer is probably obvious. I've got the
feeling that this whole problem was set up DELIBERATELY, as a means of
communication, so that there's only one *possible* answer, which is
immediately obvious to the first transhuman on the planet. I'm smart
enough to hear Them screaming the answer in my ear, but not smart enough
to understand it.
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