In a message dated 4/29/00 4:56:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
bradbury@aeiveos.com writes:
<< The failure to colonize the galaxy completely, argues that
(a) intelligent technological life is very difficult; and/or
(b) diversity desirability or morality function(s) come into play; and/or
(c) the diminishing computational returns of widely distributed
computronium supporting advanced "civilizations" make endless
expansion pointless. >>
Whoa! Or it might just mean that it takes 30 Billion years to produce MINDS*
that are technologically capable of colonizing Brown Dwarfs as nano-class
minds? The cosmos might be mostly empty of intelliegence of any kind for
billions and billions of years. Just because a Von Newmann, or a Bracewell
highlight the path, doesn't mean that there will not be huge bottle-necks
along the way. But eventually...eventually...
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