2) seems likely to consume only a tiny portion of all resources available to an interstellar civilization, in light of diminishing returns.
Would that be due to the proportions between the surface and volume of a sphere, or just the general observation that the more you investigate an area without finding anything the less likely anything exists?
The latter: as you put ever more ridiculous amounts of resources into modeling aliens you’ll find fewer insights per resource unit, especially actionable insights.
Would that be due to the proportions between the surface and volume of a sphere, or just the general observation that the more you investigate an area without finding anything the less likely anything exists?
The latter: as you put ever more ridiculous amounts of resources into modeling aliens you’ll find fewer insights per resource unit, especially actionable insights.