Re: Dennis May replies/was Re: One solution to the Fermi Paradox

From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Mon Feb 17 2003 - 07:53:55 MST

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    This is Dennis May's reply to Lee Corbin's. It appeared on
    Starship_Forum yesterday.

    Cheers!

    Dan
    http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/

    From: Dennis May determinism@hotmail.com
    To: Starship_Forum@yahoogroups.com
    Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 7:15 PM
    Subject: [Starship_Forum] Re: The Fermi Debate rages on...

    Lee Corbin wrote:

    <<Talk about "advanced ETI's" somehow remaining aloof
    from our planet is merely emotionally appealing SF.
    "There aren't any"; that's the answer to the Fermi
    question.>>

    Aloof has nothing to do with it. Sound military strategy is the key. I
    fully expect humans to engage in the same strategy some time after
    several independent groups have occupied space. WoMD ensure that those
    who with centralized structures of known position can be destroyed at
    any time. The only sure way to avoid WoMD is nomadic, stealthy, &
    distributed systems. Letting humans know anything provides no military
    advantage but has the potential for attracting trouble. Passive
    observation and occasional reconnaissance will provide everything they
    need to know about us and anyone else who might contact us by design or
    accident.

    If there are no intelligent aliens in our galaxy, or anywhere nearby we
    can detect, it does not change the strategy. In a short time the
    strategy will apply to human groups evading other human groups, the AI,
    or non-human descendants they have created.

    Dennis May

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