Thales@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIt's been downhill since 2020sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square218fedilinkarrow-up1888arrow-down144file-text
arrow-up1844arrow-down1imageIt's been downhill since 2020sh.itjust.worksThales@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square218fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThis would imply that capitalism is inevitable in species with potentially spacefaring intelligence. I refuse to accept that for my own sanity’s sake.
minus-squareAshelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoPerhaps it’s a contextual Great Filter only for instances of intelligent life in which capitalistic modes of production win out.
minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThen it doesn’t serve its purpose of solving the Fermi paradox.
minus-squareAshelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWhat? Any and all filters an intelligent species could encounter need to be factored in statistically, even if not all of those filters will 100% be encountered
This would imply that capitalism is inevitable in species with potentially spacefaring intelligence. I refuse to accept that for my own sanity’s sake.
Perhaps it’s a contextual Great Filter only for instances of intelligent life in which capitalistic modes of production win out.
Then it doesn’t serve its purpose of solving the Fermi paradox.
What? Any and all filters an intelligent species could encounter need to be factored in statistically, even if not all of those filters will 100% be encountered