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Re:The Fermi Paradox and the Aurora Effect: Exo-Civilization... by whatshisface on Monday September 23, 2019 @08:21AM (#21048193)
That sounds kind of like a caveman arguing that there will never be a practical temperature higher than their campfire, because anything hotter would burn the meat.
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Re:The Fermi Paradox and the Aurora Effect: Exo-Civilization... by TheOtherHobbes on Monday September 23, 2019 @10:02AM (#21049012)
But... math! Which can't be wrong, because obviously we already know all the math there is to know. QED.

Carroll says strange things sometimes. Epistemology doesn't appear to be his strong suit.

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Re:The Fermi Paradox and the Aurora Effect: Exo-Civilization... by ncmncm on Monday September 23, 2019 @06:12PM (#21054302)
It's all win-win, for him. If we fail to discover anything, he's right. If we find something, "nobody could have ever predicted that!".
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