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Post #391,070
by a6l6e6x
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6/22/14 6:10:42 PM
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New Re: advanced civilizations would be immortal
I distinctly recall Sagan mentioning civilizations doing away with themselves because of some stupid act.

Frankly, between folks seeking rapture and those seeking 72 virgins, it's becoming an ever more probable event.
Alex

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."”

-- Isaac Asimov
Post #391,071
by gcareaga
6/22/14 6:46:10 PM
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New Re: advanced civilizations would be immortal
It shouldn't be binary; all cigs endure or all perish. Okay, well maybe the latter, but if so what is the lifespan? Need a variable even if it is a blind guess.
     Are we alone in the universe? - (lincoln) - (20) - June 20, 2014, 11:38:42 AM EDT
         Several things have been pointed out. - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - June 20, 2014, 12:10:07 PM EDT
             dang, I wanted to open up an intergalactic brothel. - (boxley) - June 20, 2014, 05:45:15 PM EDT
             Excellent points. Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott) - June 20, 2014, 07:17:34 PM EDT
         Perhaps the noisy ones end up dead. -NT - (malraux) - June 20, 2014, 07:29:58 PM EDT
         Yup, thirteen Billion Years+ of inter-galactic crap-shoots and - (Ashton) - June 20, 2014, 08:31:13 PM EDT
         It's easy to forget how huge the Universe is... - (Another Scott) - June 21, 2014, 01:16:06 AM EDT
         Some assumptions lurking in that. - (static) - June 20, 2014, 10:09:33 PM EDT
         I am reminded of a cartoon of two ants... - (hnick) - (2) - June 21, 2014, 08:20:59 AM EDT
             :-) Yup. -NT - (Another Scott) - June 21, 2014, 08:42:21 AM EDT
             This is my opinion as well. - (folkert) - June 21, 2014, 11:11:18 AM EDT
         The Drake Equation - (gcareaga) - (9) - June 21, 2014, 10:04:12 PM EDT
             Heard Carl Sagan explain it on stage in LA back in 1974. - (a6l6e6x) - (6) - June 22, 2014, 03:25:06 PM EDT
                 From the source - (gcareaga) - (5) - June 22, 2014, 04:07:49 PM EDT
                     Indeed the source! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - June 22, 2014, 04:53:53 PM EDT
                         Missed opportunity - (gcareaga) - (3) - June 22, 2014, 05:50:21 PM EDT
                             Re: advanced civilizations would be immortal - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - June 22, 2014, 06:10:42 PM EDT
                                 Re: advanced civilizations would be immortal - (gcareaga) - June 22, 2014, 06:46:10 PM EDT
                             Thanks for reminder 'extinction rate', also that bias. - (Ashton) - June 22, 2014, 07:16:11 PM EDT
             Apparently Fermi had a version, too. - (Another Scott) - (1) - June 29, 2014, 11:31:29 PM EDT
                 Great material for honing the fringe of what-ifs? of more practical aims, maybe. - (Ashton) - July 6, 2014, 05:02:56 AM EDT

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