Comments on: The Billion-Year Technology Gap: Could One Exist? http://www.disinfo.com/2009/11/the-billion-year-technology-gap-could-one-exist/ alternative views, news & information—online, video and print Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:44:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jacob http://www.disinfo.com/2009/11/the-billion-year-technology-gap-could-one-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-3904 Jacob Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:20:21 +0000 http://www.disinfo.com/?p=15844#comment-3904 The odds of life developing to or past our current level of technological advancement may be extremely tiny, and as we will discover in the coming generations, our own technology will become more and more dangerous to ourselves. We currently have already created one way to destroy ourselves, and that number will increase as our abilities in areas such as nanotech, biotech, high energy physics, and other yet uncovered fields advances. If something is possible, such as the destruction of our species, then in a long enough time span it will happen. Therefore, in order to ensure survival and continued advancement, life must be established where it cannot be harmed by events on Earth. With each self-sustainable population center that is created, another "back-up" for life is created. The time span between which self-destruction becomes possible until it occurs is likely extremely narrow, and during this time, alternative life centers must be established to ensure continuity. This hurdle may be one that has not yet been cleared. Another possibility is that there are no civilizations that are currently at a level of advancement which would make their interaction with ours at all likely. Our traditional idea of space-faring life involves a society which is technologically much superior to ours but socially and mentally relatively similar. Once a lifeform achieves a conciousness that much exceeds ours, it seems conceivable that there would no longer be an interest in interacting with us. They might be preoccupied with more important questions. Maybe reversing entropy? The odds of life developing to or past our current level of technological advancement may be extremely tiny, and as we will discover in the coming generations, our own technology will become more and more dangerous to ourselves. We currently have already created one way to destroy ourselves, and that number will increase as our abilities in areas such as nanotech, biotech, high energy physics, and other yet uncovered fields advances. If something is possible, such as the destruction of our species, then in a long enough time span it will happen. Therefore, in order to ensure survival and continued advancement, life must be established where it cannot be harmed by events on Earth. With each self-sustainable population center that is created, another “back-up” for life is created. The time span between which self-destruction becomes possible until it occurs is likely extremely narrow, and during this time, alternative life centers must be established to ensure continuity. This hurdle may be one that has not yet been cleared. Another possibility is that there are no civilizations that are currently at a level of advancement which would make their interaction with ours at all likely. Our traditional idea of space-faring life involves a society which is technologically much superior to ours but socially and mentally relatively similar. Once a lifeform achieves a conciousness that much exceeds ours, it seems conceivable that there would no longer be an interest in interacting with us. They might be preoccupied with more important questions. Maybe reversing entropy?

]]> By: carlmarx http://www.disinfo.com/2009/11/the-billion-year-technology-gap-could-one-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-3777 carlmarx Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:32:21 +0000 http://www.disinfo.com/?p=15844#comment-3777 We are alone, we are the first and the last,we are god, we will be god like if we manage to get off this little planet, we will then be the aliens.<br><br>I feel sorry for the universe, if we do manage to go visit elsewhere. Humans have a bad reputation.<br><br>We need to evolve for about another 10000 years before its safe for us to visit other life forms on other planets<br>without trying to distroy them. We are alone, we are the first and the last,we are god, we will be god like if we manage to get off this little planet, we will then be the aliens.

I feel sorry for the universe, if we do manage to go visit elsewhere. Humans have a bad reputation.

We need to evolve for about another 10000 years before its safe for us to visit other life forms on other planets
without trying to distroy them.

]]> By: george http://www.disinfo.com/2009/11/the-billion-year-technology-gap-could-one-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-3031 george Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:00:20 +0000 http://www.disinfo.com/?p=15844#comment-3031 If I was an extraterrestrial, I wouldn't want earth to know I existed. If I was an extraterrestrial, I wouldn't want earth to know I existed.

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