2: The aestivation hypothesis for resolving Fermi’s paradox (Sandberg, Armstrong & Cirkovic, 2017)

post by Will Aldred · 2022-05-10T07:40:49.961Z · EA · GW · None comments

This is a link post for https://arxiv.org/pdf/1705.03394.pdf

Will’s quick summary/hot takes:

• The aestivation hypothesis is almost certainly wrong. Bennett, Hanson and Riedel (2019), who appear to know some more information theory than Sandberg, Armstrong and Cirkovic, show why.
  • Although this hypothesis turned out to be a dead end, this is the kind of visionary insight that could lead to a new crucial consideration [? · GW], and I applaud the authors for their endeavor.

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