Re:Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox”: The Percolation Theory Hypothesis
by credit_guy on Saturday December 26, 2020 @08:57AM
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> Invent a better cow catcher
Whatever protection system one comes with, it would better be good 100% of the time. Because a 99.999999% success rate will be a death sentence.
> It's a lot harder to hit something smaller and more mobile
People are very inventive when it comes to new weapons. By the time we have the technology to reach 0.01c, we'll have invented 10 more generations of weapons. We might miraculously avoid interplanetary wars before we reach for other stars, but I would not bet my money on that.
Whatever protection system one comes with, it would better be good 100% of the time. Because a 99.999999% success rate will be a death sentence.
> It's a lot harder to hit something smaller and more mobile
People are very inventive when it comes to new weapons. By the time we have the technology to reach 0.01c, we'll have invented 10 more generations of weapons. We might miraculously avoid interplanetary wars before we reach for other stars, but I would not bet my money on that.