I thought about it and realized that it is still unsatisfactory. Imagine that solar systems do get reset but sometimes only after a starship has departed. The beings on the departing ship would figure out something happened and eventually discover the cause with experiments, and would then proceed to conquer the universe, avoiding overcrowding any 1 system.
This “at least 1 successful replicator” weakens most arguments to solve the paradox.
ASI is a great replicator and fails to really explain anything. Sure maybe on earth there might be a nuclear war to try to stop the ASI, and maybe in some timelines the ASI is defeated and humans die also. But this has to be the outcome everywhere in the universe or again we should see a sky crowded with Dyson swarms..
I thought about it and realized that it is still unsatisfactory. Imagine that solar systems do get reset but sometimes only after a starship has departed. The beings on the departing ship would figure out something happened and eventually discover the cause with experiments, and would then proceed to conquer the universe, avoiding overcrowding any 1 system.
This “at least 1 successful replicator” weakens most arguments to solve the paradox.
ASI is a great replicator and fails to really explain anything. Sure maybe on earth there might be a nuclear war to try to stop the ASI, and maybe in some timelines the ASI is defeated and humans die also. But this has to be the outcome everywhere in the universe or again we should see a sky crowded with Dyson swarms..