I agree with this, but the instrumental scientific motivation to predict hostile aliens that might be encountered in space:
1) doesn’t protect quality-of-life or lifespan for the simulations, brains-in-vats, and Truman Show inhabitants, indeed it suggests poor historical QOL levels and short lifespans;
2) seems likely to consume only a tiny portion of all resources available to an interstellar civilization, in light of diminishing returns.
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.
I agree with this, but the instrumental scientific motivation to predict hostile aliens that might be encountered in space:
1) doesn’t protect quality-of-life or lifespan for the simulations, brains-in-vats, and Truman Show inhabitants, indeed it suggests poor historical QOL levels and short lifespans;
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.