On Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 6:27:39 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 2/7/2018 4:38 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > To summarize the argument: > > > > 1. A sufficiently advanced civilization is bound to become a galactic > > civilization; > > 2. We do not observe a galactic civilization; > > 3. If other instances of life are found, this means that life is not so > rare; > > 4. So it is likely that there is a major obstacle that prevents a > > civilization from becoming galactic, and this filter is likely to be > > ahead of us. > > > > It's an interesting argument but I think it is based on some rather > > strong assumptions: > > > > (a) That becoming a galactic civilization is possible; > > (b) That becoming a galactic civilization is desirable; > > (c) That galactic civilizations are observable by us. > > > > Firstly we don't know if there's an upper limit for technological > > progress, or where that limit could be. Maybe interstellar travel or > > the colonization of other planets will never be feasible. > > That would be my bet. Galaxies are big and light is slow, and we're a > lot slower. > > Brent >
We are also not as smart as we think we are. The average human being is not much more than a sort of upright walking and talking chimpanzee. Also as it was put in the movie *Men in Black*, A person can be rational, but people are a panicky herd of dangerous animals. LC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
