RE: Fermi "Paradox"

From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Mon Aug 04 2003 - 14:27:50 MDT

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    Robert Bradbury wrote:

    >> From: "Lee Corbin"
    >>

    >
    >>> YES! For sure there would be WARNING SIGNS in huge capital
    >>> letters from the galactic club saying "STAY HOME". But all
    >>> we hear is total silence.
    >
    > Caca. The cost of eliminating a species that attempts to step
    > "over the line" is *zero*. They made the investment in nanorobots
    > years ago, they sent them out, they are possibly here and the
    > minute we go "over the edge" they will take us out. They are
    > not going to send us "warning messages". We have to figure it
    > out for ourselves (otherwise -- from a "galactic club" perspective
    > we are better off dead).

    ### But if they are so mean, why wouldn't they kill us just so, because they
    can, instead of waiting until we step over a line we can't see?

    Rafal



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