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dan at geer.org
dan at geer.org
Thu Nov 12 07:06:18 PST 2015
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| Assuming all sentient life evolves along the same basic trajectory as
| ours, they will probably seek some answers to these many questions
| through experiences they can relate to. But their experiences will
| never provide meaningful frames of reference.
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On the above narrow point, see Robin Hanson's "The Great Filter"
http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/greatfilter.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter
Or, more broadly, Ward & Brownlee's 2000 book _Rare Earth_, such
as the discussion at http://tal.forum2.org/rare
--dan
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