I’ve gone from hoping we find life in the solar system to really hoping we don’t.
I notice I am confused a lot.
I can use Bayes theorem well enough to calculate that the probability of me fully understanding Bayes theorem is 0%.
My thoughts about my future have changed from wondering aimlessly about how I can change my life and the world for the better and not being able to do anything about it to knowing quite well how I can change my life and the world for the better and still not doing anything about it
I’ve gone from hoping we find life in the solar system to really hoping we don’t.
I notice I am confused a lot.
I can use Bayes theorem well enough to calculate that the probability of me fully understanding Bayes theorem is 0%.
My thoughts about my future have changed from wondering aimlessly about how I can change my life and the world for the better and not being able to do anything about it to knowing quite well how I can change my life and the world for the better and still not doing anything about it
Why do you hope we don’t find life in the solar system? And what about life outside it?
I’m referring to the great filter theory which I first learned about on Less Wrong: http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/greatfilter.html