Leon P Smith on Nostr: npub1knzsu…ac73p I've been thinking a lot about something like this lately. I've ...
npub1knzsux7p6lzwzdedp3m8c3c92z0swzc0xyy5glvse58txj5e9ztqpac73p (npub1knz…c73p) I've been thinking a lot about something like this lately.
I've long wondered about the formation rate of technological civilizations within the universe... and how long they typically survive.
Often I've wondered, what if the formation rate is so low, and the self-extinction rate kinda awful, that on average there's only say, 0.1 technological civilizations active in any large galaxy that's reasonably hospitable to life like our Milky way? And many of them don't get all that far with technology?
I mean, that's kinda been my gut instinct for a while, though I've not delved into it very carefully. Still, it does suggest that we really should try our damnedest to stay alive as long as we possibly can.
Elon's rush to Mars pisses me off, because he shits on the fact that we have 100s of millions of years left on this biosphere, and will shit on the biosphere to colonize Mars quickly. My guess is that if we manage to colonize Mars within the next 3000-5000 years, we'll be doing extremely well in terms of overall survivability.
I've long wondered about the formation rate of technological civilizations within the universe... and how long they typically survive.
Often I've wondered, what if the formation rate is so low, and the self-extinction rate kinda awful, that on average there's only say, 0.1 technological civilizations active in any large galaxy that's reasonably hospitable to life like our Milky way? And many of them don't get all that far with technology?
I mean, that's kinda been my gut instinct for a while, though I've not delved into it very carefully. Still, it does suggest that we really should try our damnedest to stay alive as long as we possibly can.
Elon's rush to Mars pisses me off, because he shits on the fact that we have 100s of millions of years left on this biosphere, and will shit on the biosphere to colonize Mars quickly. My guess is that if we manage to colonize Mars within the next 3000-5000 years, we'll be doing extremely well in terms of overall survivability.