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Commented on On the Great Filter, existential threats, and griefers
Just realized there is one more argument explaining "why they are not here" even if we assume both energy-extensive development and inclination to colonize. The areals of Kardashev-II Dyson swarms and sub-Kardashev-I planetary civilizations are different and they do not...
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Commented on On the Great Filter, existential threats, and griefers
I think solar energy going steampunk is entirely feasible if you know from the beginning that oil is bad. Build some kind of closed-cycle Stirling generator, fill it with alcohol, build towers with black-painted heat exchanger tubes at the top,...
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Commented on On the Great Filter, existential threats, and griefers
It's hard to disprove Fermi Paradox - as usual, you're thinking about pros and cons, and it's something like every pro adds to the probability they should have been here from long ago, and every con just disproves some specific...