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400 years to Proxima Centauri means velocity of roughly 1% of c. To accelerate … |
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@cstross Something like this would be the biggest shared undertaking in human h… |
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@nyrath Upshot: I think this thing will take 100-1000 years of our current worl… |
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@cstross @nyrath I remember doing the math once, and I came away convinced that… |
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@wordshaper @cstross @nyrath The biggest problem is know where to go in that bi… |
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@wordshaper @cstross @nyrath Maybe the ultimate answer to the Fermi Paradox is … |
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@angusm @wordshaper @cstross @nyrath the problem with that is that just one civ… |
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@sophieschmieg @angusm @cstross @nyrath I know we occasionally worry about von … |
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@wordshaper @sophieschmieg @angusm @cstross @nyrath I'll tell you the story… |
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Post #Awy5ZCnWZPFPvn40A4 by [email protected] |
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@wordshaper @angusm @cstross @nyrath I don't think von Neumann probes are n… |
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Post #Awy5ZCuy7jCcIsXwlU by [email protected] |
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@wordshaper @angusm @cstross @nyrath the reason they are interesting is because… |
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Post #Awy5ZD1higaedlhKGO by [email protected] |
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@sophieschmieg @wordshaper @angusm @nyrath I am dubious about VNMs these days b… |
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Post #Awy5cAEoXmoQrQEsbY by [email protected] |
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@sophieschmieg @wordshaper @angusm @cstross @nyrath “There could be a billion… |
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Post #Awy5hIyXUAL1PK4t1c by [email protected] |
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@wordshaper @cstross @nyrath i'm very sure that if and when civilizations c… |
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Post #Awy5hJ6gzqrNobtOjY by [email protected] |
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@snosrapkungfu @cstross @nyrath Maybe! But... moving from thinking meat to thin… |
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Post #Awy5jdyuMBn18SMjEO by [email protected] |
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@cstross @nyrath when you build a self sustainable spaceship of that size, why … |
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@yrrsinn That’s a strange question. Why else would anyone build a colony spac… |
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Post #Awy5jeFDNYpjx1zkeG by [email protected] |
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@mighty_orbot one can live there for instance? |
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Post #Awy5jeMevsmwK7ThFg by [email protected] |
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@yrrsinn One can already live on the planet that’s building it. The colony sp… |
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Post #Awy5o9k2DQGOnPYnvE by [email protected] |
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@cstross @sophieschmieg @angusm @nyrath Also a VNM would be *huge*, relatively … |
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Post #Awy5o9rTlkDbAV2kWe by [email protected] |
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@wordshaper @cstross @angusm @nyrath I don't see why such a probe would hav… |
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Post #Awy5o9xrO1K3UI1qTI by [email protected] |
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@wordshaper @cstross @angusm @nyrath after all, the von Neumann probe doesn'… |
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Post #Awy5oA3X2vrLlsgNJQ by [email protected] |
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@sophieschmieg @wordshaper @angusm @nyrath ... And we are one of the intermedia… |
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Post #Awy5oA9YgWgE4ZVBho by [email protected] |
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@cstross @sophieschmieg @angusm @nyrath Maybe? I dunno, adding a billion of yea… |
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Post #Awy5oAFwInmgOMUHeS by [email protected] |
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@wordshaper @cstross @angusm @nyrath I mean, there was a chance that the probe … |
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Post #Awy5ss7t8UqTbwxyds by [email protected] |
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@lauren @wordshaper @sophieschmieg @angusm @cstross @nyrath I truly hope it was… |
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Post #Awy5ssEyi8W5xwHdh2 by [email protected] |
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@lauren @wordshaper @sophieschmieg @angusm @cstross @nyrath Ah, do I sense a ce… |
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Post #Awy5tX3iwssMYuKjLM by [email protected] |
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@angusmCan we fast forward to the peaceful part?@wordshaper @cstross @nyrath |
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Post #Awy5tgc5QUi6C5Tnea by [email protected] |
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@wordshaper @cstross @nyrath I think this is why James SA Corey "cheated&q… |
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Post #Awy5tgip1S68WydB9U by [email protected] |
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@fskornia @wordshaper @nyrath I forgot they called it the Epstein Drive! Betcha… |
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Post #Awy5tgs2TBTEzYwXWC by [email protected] |
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@cstross @wordshaper @nyrath It's like the loving tribute to the SpaceX guy… |
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Post #Awy5uonsSdjbsvXCka by [email protected] |
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@cstross @nyrath But, as it is mentioned in the replies to the original post: t… |
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Post #Awy60Mi5p9VSUbTRUe by [email protected] |
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@sophieschmieg @cstross @angusm @nyrath It's possible, even likely, that I&… |
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@sophieschmieg @cstross @angusm @nyrath I may just be lacking imagination. :) B… |
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Post #Awy610rMY6gl0w7PUm by [email protected] |
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@Illuminatus @nyrath Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and the telephone handset sanitize… |
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Post #Awy610yo6QdxO1bM6C by [email protected] |
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@cstross @Illuminatus @nyrath my greatest fear is that I am, in my heart, B-Ark… |
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@fskornia @wordshaper @cstross @nyrath s/"portals"/every proposed sup… |
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Post #Awy63e45kuirBcKNSy by [email protected] |
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@sophieschmieg @angusm @wordshaper @cstross @nyrath I believe the probe is call… |
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Post #Awy653bmGuMUhHl0YC by [email protected] |
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@_hic_haec_hoc @lauren @wordshaper @sophieschmieg @angusm @cstross @nyrath I do… |
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Post #Awy69wOSWWkHlir9MG by [email protected] |
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@cstross @Illuminatus @nyrath The catch, of course, is: what if by some miracle… |
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Post #Awy6D3uj1GETxgR8wi by [email protected] |
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@wordshaper @snosrapkungfu @cstross @nyrath I would argue that space is not a &… |
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Post #Awy6KaARV3h61NNH8q by [email protected] |
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@wordshaper @cstross @sophieschmieg @angusm @nyrath Maybe the progenitors just … |
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Post #Awy6Mhcekl6Hioa9o0 by [email protected] |
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@HighlandLawyer @_hic_haec_hoc @lauren @wordshaper @sophieschmieg @angusm @cstr… |
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Post #Awy6TYz1GwW4xFJWAS by [email protected] |
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@angusm Nah, let's continue to pretend that wormholes are really possible a… |
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Post #Awy6TZ5OtDcXH2Ic76 by [email protected] |
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@mschomm @angusm @wordshaper @nyrath That is INDEED my plan for my next two nov… |
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Post #Awy6dJ6h9dXgbxYAzI by [email protected] |
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@cstross @nyrath All of the pioneers! |
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@wordshaper @cstross @nyrath Also, on those scales, steel is porous to air. |
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@snosrapkungfu @wordshaper @nyrath Shockingly, I *might* have published a novel… |
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@angusm @wordshaper @cstross @nyrath Robert J. Sawyer touches on this and a bit… |
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Post #Awy6n0CqHYYyt434Vc by [email protected] |
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@cstrossOne of the most interesting questions in space science fiction is how t… |
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@8r3n7 @nyrath See also my novel "Neptune's Brood". Or my earlier… |
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Post #Awy6snjtXxJVxXH2My by [email protected] |
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@cstross @8r3n7 @nyrath Damn, I wish they were available in french. Any plan fo… |
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Post #Awy71yfeGz0UT8fBFQ by [email protected] |
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@cstross @8r3n7 @nyrath I def appreciated some of the explanatory power Acceler… |
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Post #Awy748o7YXP8UDeq3c by [email protected] |
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@sophieschmieg @angusm @wordshaper @nyrath I speculate that EXACTLY that happen… |
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Post #Awy748vD8B4kqCyV6m by [email protected] |
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@cstross @angusm @wordshaper @nyrath yeah, that's my favorite theory. It so… |
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@wordshaper @cstross @nyrath This hit home to me when I started playing Elite D… |
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@octorine @wordshaper @cstross @nyrath Elite: Dangerous: even with advanced tec… |
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Post #Awy7AotlyVuuldUCLQ by [email protected] |
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@sophieschmieg @wordshaper @angusm @cstross @nyrath the closest to this is the … |
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Post #Awy7EneOYbNa3TBuAS by [email protected] |
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@wordshaper @cstross @nyrath you may think it's a long way down the road to… |
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Post #Awy7KGEZiB9a9YiZUG by [email protected] |
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@angusm @cstross @nyrath @wordshaper this gets my vote as most likely. Second p… |
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Post #Awy7LDN7q239ZAAjVQ by [email protected] |
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@opalmirror @wordshaper @cstross @nyrath Well yeah, but that's more of a me… |
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Post #Awy7O33MewoqQqHR8i by [email protected] |
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@angusm @wordshaper @cstross @nyrath & the whole, "why aren't they… |
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Post #Awy7OQpiFM9wBS4sC0 by [email protected] |
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@dan_ballard @cstross @8r3n7 @nyrath With „uploaded minds“ (assuming runnin… |
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Post #Awy8lNHRinJBmPYNWa by [email protected] |
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@wordshaper - replication of what? The single-celled organisms? Or the whole … |
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@johncarlosbaez Replicating the von Neumann probe. (Which is necessary, by defi… |
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@wordshaper @cstross @nyrath Right! Precisely why believing in extraterrestrial… |
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@bsdphk @wordshaper @cstross @nyrath Big telescopes might see our city lights. |
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@midgephoto @wordshaper @cstross @nyrath Nope. (Do the math.) |
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@bsdphk @midgephoto @wordshaper @nyrath Correct. The next generation on from th… |
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Post #AwzhJllilvvTAsFM5A by [email protected] |
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@cstross @midgephoto @wordshaper @nyrath And 100 light years is still all on th… |
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Post #AwzhaOG9QqH7BWPCVs by [email protected] |
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@cstross @midgephoto @wordshaper @nyrath However, it is not obvious to me that … |
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Post #AwztjLgVZca1FslvJw by [email protected] |
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@bsdphk @cstross @wordshaper @nyrath "It is a truism that an intelligent s… |
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@bsdphk @cstross @wordshaper @nyrath Light. |
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@bsdphk I'm not sure anyone here has designed an electrical grid They sort … |
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@bsdphk @midgephoto @wordshaper @nyrath I doubt our current power grids will la… |
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@cstross @bsdphk @wordshaper @nyrath The next generation on from the JWST isn&#… |
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Post #AwzufobCEFF5j9AMoi by [email protected] |
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@cstross @bsdphk @wordshaper @nyrath It might even be a use case for a habitat/… |
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@cstross @bsdphk @midgephoto @nyrath Yeah, we do seem to be moving towards more… |
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@cstross @midgephoto @wordshaper @nyrath I agree that high voltage pylons is a … |
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@bsdphk @cstross @midgephoto @wordshaper @nyrath I agree that future generation… |
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@SteveBellovin @bsdphk @cstross @midgephoto @nyrath oh, yeah, DC is for long ha… |
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@bsdphk @cstross @wordshaper @nyrath As I recall from days when I might be foun… |
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@midgephoto @cstross @wordshaper @nyrath 50 and 60Hz grid frequencies would be … |
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@sophieschmieg @cstross @angusm @wordshaper @nyrath surely it just moves the pr… |
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@andrewg @sophieschmieg @angusm @wordshaper @nyrath No, it moves the problem of… |
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@cstross @sophieschmieg @angusm @wordshaper @nyrath It depends what you think t… |
