From: O'Regan, Emlyn (Emlyn.ORegan@actew.com.au)
Date: Wed Jul 14 1999 - 21:26:55 MDT
> "Weaver, Evan A." <WeaverEA@itrcorporation.com> writes:
>
> > Since we are looking for SIs, what if all the SIs are busy looking for
> super
> > super intelligences, and those are looking for really super super
> > intelligences, and those are... Does anyone see any reason why this
> would
> > have to stop somewhere?
>
Anders wrote:
> You can only cram so much information into a system like the universe
> - there are upper bounds on the bandwidth, memory capacity and
> processing speed possible.
>
>
There's got to be more than this universe. If you were an MBrain (or even a
lowly, measly JBrain) with the ability to sense /measure everything in the
universe as desired, you'd probably get over the universe after a few
billion years.
Above a certain level, the S^nIs are somewhere* else.
Emlyn
* "Somewhere" is used here in the loosest possible sense
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