Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant structures (2019)

Re:Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant ... by garmaine on Thursday January 16, 2020 @09:03PM (#22071186)

Nah you’d never see it coming and have no prior for believing in it, so not scary. What is scary: a super intelligence alien race enveloping all matter into Dyson swarms. You’d see stars shifting into uniform infrared emissions in an expanding sphere at nearly the speed of light. Suddenly the stars go dim... and then it reaches you.

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Re:Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant ... by crooked-v on Friday January 17, 2020 @12:21AM (#22072111)

Well, that gets into game theory stuff, though. For example, one could say that logically any aggressively expansive intelligent species on that scale should take the position of being friendly and supporting to lesser-advanced intelligent species by default, as a way to encourage other more-advanced species than them to take the same position.

The real danger would be a super but unintelligent race doing the same (think "giant space ants"), since they wouldn't have philosophy department chairs.

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Re:Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant ... by gpderetta on Friday January 17, 2020 @08:11AM (#22074281)

Think Rorschach from Blindsight.

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Re:Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant ... by Moodles on Friday January 17, 2020 @12:47AM (#22072217)

Why would that encourage any higher intelligence aliens to do the same?

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Re:Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant ... by crooked-v on Friday January 17, 2020 @02:28PM (#22078238)

If you're smart enough to think about it logically, you're probably also smart enough to realize there's always a bigger fish.

The exception would be the fanatically oriented, as acting in opposition to logic is part of the basic premise.

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Re:Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant ... by garmaine on Friday January 17, 2020 @05:56PM (#22080464)

A bigger fish would have already taken over the universe.

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Re:Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant ... by crooked-v on Monday January 20, 2020 @12:34PM (#22100469)

The universe is really, really big.

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Re:Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant ... by ssijak on Friday January 17, 2020 @12:24AM (#22072128)

I am a simple man, I am just afraid of sharks and box jellyfishes.

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