Re: Doomsday vs Diaspora

From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 22:18:32 MDT

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    Spike-double 6 noted:
    <<Tachyons schmackyons.  The Jupiter brain is so smart
    that it runs a sim of you, which allows it to anticipate
    your every question, then sends the answers ahead of
    time so they arrive just as you formulate the question.
    You perceive instant feedback, even if the Jbrain is
    several light-hours away.
    No tachyons needed, given a sufficiently advanced
    simulation of your brain.
    spike>>

    Good point, but then we're now back at the thread concerning whether its
    easier for a supercivilization (individuals or clades or corporations) to
    focus on travel or complexity. You side with complexity. But again, I ask, is
    there a natural limit to complexity, that is, intelligence? Does intelligence
    have a max like lightspeed at 300,000 klicks per second? If it does, do you
    think that might motivate the brightest brains to travel? Travel for new
    materials, new territory, isolation and growth potential?



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