tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post6433895393212892376..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Life Exists Not Despite But Because of EntropyGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-37016571874637544112016-03-10T20:08:44.133-05:002016-03-10T20:08:44.133-05:00It isn't matter that has that property, althou...It isn't matter that has that property, although quantum mechanics is still mysterious enough for it to be feasible.<br /><br />It is merely a certain type of matter, H2O.<br /><br />Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-5047644179315735742016-03-10T08:37:23.770-05:002016-03-10T08:37:23.770-05:00Again, I believe the Fermi paradox to be of little...Again, I believe the Fermi paradox to be of little consequence. We simply do not have a great enough sample size of planets with life to draw conclusions in the first place, nor do we have any direct evidence of any Great Filter in the second place. And moreover, it's entirely possible we've already passed through the Great Filter. We're taking the first steps to protect ourselves from another mass extinction event such as the Chicxulub impactor that killed the dinosaurs. Small steps to be sure, but we now have at least an early warning system that no life on Earth previously had.<br /><br />And maybe we won't make it as a species. Who knows? But to me, I worry about the fate of humanity 10,000 years from now about as much as I worry about humanity 10,000 years ago. Which is to say "very little at all". Those people will have extremely different beliefs than we do. They certainly won't speak the same language. English itself (in the modern recognizable form) is less than 700 years old. The very genetic drift over that time frame would make a huge number of them my relatives, but on a scale so small (as a percentage of their genetic makeup) so as to be meaningless. Look at the fact that of the 44 Presidents we've had, only one (Martin Van Buren) is not related to the same common ancestor (King John "Lackland" Plantagenet). And even then, it's possible they're related somewhere further back as well.MikeDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116809134355184859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-73085898893055928852016-03-09T20:15:46.655-05:002016-03-09T20:15:46.655-05:00Naah. Fermi paradox is explained by machine intell...Naah. Fermi paradox is explained by machine intelligences. <br /><br />Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-19630882791017565242016-03-09T15:21:52.846-05:002016-03-09T15:21:52.846-05:00I explained that awhile ago: Dyson spheres.
Eric ...I explained that awhile ago: Dyson spheres.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.com