Re: Doomsday vs Diaspora

From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Fri Apr 25 2003 - 22:40:36 MDT

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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Greg Jordan" <jordan@chuma.cas.usf.edu>
    To: <extropians@extropy.org>
    Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 6:04 PM
    Subject: RE: Doomsday vs Diaspora

    > On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
    >
    > > Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 12:23:27 -0700
    > > From: Rafal Smigrodzki <rafal@smigrodzki.org>
    > > Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
    > > To: extropians@extropy.org
    > > Subject: RE: Doomsday vs Diaspora
    > >
    > > Greg Jordan wrote:
    > > > It seems improbable that a civilization spread out over various star
    > > > systems would be using radio or any other light-speed communication
    > > > system, which would be far too slow. So most likely, we are simply not
    > > > able to monitor their communications medium, and perhaps it is also
    > > > not "broadcast" but rather pointed with a little more privacy.
    > >
    > > ### This possibility is covered by the "common loss of interest in the
    above
    > > activities" part of the Fermi paradox explanation.
    >
    > What I meant was that an interstellar civilization might communicate by
    > means that do not easily permit eavesdropping, by curious primitives or
    > anyone else.
    >
    > I don't think intelligence, as we know it, could "lose interest" in
    > exploration

    ### By "losing interest in the above activities" I meant losing interest in
    producing signals detectable by us and/or in exploration. We have
    insufficient data to exclude any of these possibilities.

    Rafal



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