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Dyson Sphere
- Thread starter 'Gear
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Folces Weard
The fun bit is that if you spin it right you can make everybody on it fall down to the equator and die.
Ilyanna
moral imperfection
I am pretty sure you're confusing that with the Alderson disk, FBI.
What I find funny is that Dyson merely thought up the sphere as a means to detect extraterrestrial life, and never actually put much thought in the engineering of such structure. Others just kind of ran with that idea.
What I find funny is that Dyson merely thought up the sphere as a means to detect extraterrestrial life, and never actually put much thought in the engineering of such structure. Others just kind of ran with that idea.
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Folces Weard
So spinning a Dyson sphere wouldn't result in an outward force perpendicular to the axis of rotation?
(I am not a physicist.)
(I am not a physicist.)
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Folces Weard
I mean, I'd say that "down" is whatever suits the current spacial metaphor, but "falling sideways" is probably the better choice in that specific case.
I do like the idea that Dyson spheres could conceal most of the evidence of a vast advanced civilization, so that it might be that we're not alone in the universe and it's just that nobody wants to talk to us.
I do like the idea that Dyson spheres could conceal most of the evidence of a vast advanced civilization, so that it might be that we're not alone in the universe and it's just that nobody wants to talk to us.
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Folces Weard
Have you read about Robert A. Frietas Jr.'s "sentience quotient"?
All theorizing about how alien aliens could be aside, you're probably right.
http://www.rfreitas.com/Astro/Xenopsychology.htm
All theorizing about how alien aliens could be aside, you're probably right.
http://www.rfreitas.com/Astro/Xenopsychology.htm
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Folces Weard
The last section is the moneyshot, as far as this discussion goes.
Ilyanna
moral imperfection
+13 ... lol!
I wonder how the modern computers fare if the Cray was +9.
Ah, I see what you mean now. Random thoughts:
- basing the SQ on processing rate as one variable is logical, but doesn't really encompass biological intelligence.
- A network of today's supercomputer might have a rather high SQ, but that doesn't mean that there is any chance of developing communalness, imo, since you'd need consciousness for that first, and that's still not found in silicone-based structures, right?
- I think that it's not only the different SQ that will render any communication with advanced extraterrestrial beings rather pointless - in order to communicate, you need a foundation of shared experiences and perception. That's why it is harder to communicate with cetacea than with, say, dogs. Unless the extraterrestrials have very similar life conditions, there will be no common ground to communicate about.
- Let's for a second start to fabulate... if God as the highest being has a SQ of +50, it sure would explain why we can't comprehend his ways or why he doesn't seem to give a fuck about us. Maybe someone a long time ago actually "saw" extraterrestrials, and that was the start of theisms worldwide
I wonder how the modern computers fare if the Cray was +9.
Ah, I see what you mean now. Random thoughts:
- basing the SQ on processing rate as one variable is logical, but doesn't really encompass biological intelligence.
- A network of today's supercomputer might have a rather high SQ, but that doesn't mean that there is any chance of developing communalness, imo, since you'd need consciousness for that first, and that's still not found in silicone-based structures, right?
- I think that it's not only the different SQ that will render any communication with advanced extraterrestrial beings rather pointless - in order to communicate, you need a foundation of shared experiences and perception. That's why it is harder to communicate with cetacea than with, say, dogs. Unless the extraterrestrials have very similar life conditions, there will be no common ground to communicate about.
- Let's for a second start to fabulate... if God as the highest being has a SQ of +50, it sure would explain why we can't comprehend his ways or why he doesn't seem to give a fuck about us. Maybe someone a long time ago actually "saw" extraterrestrials, and that was the start of theisms worldwide
Ilyanna
moral imperfection
Hey, we all have moments like that. Go ahead, I bet FBI doesn't mind.
On second thought - and I am only mentioning it because I totally care about your social standing and general well-being - if there are men around, you might wanna make sure they can't see what exactly you're touching yourself over, your image in public might never recover from that.
On second thought - and I am only mentioning it because I totally care about your social standing and general well-being - if there are men around, you might wanna make sure they can't see what exactly you're touching yourself over, your image in public might never recover from that.
'Gear
RIP 1970~2018
Hehe, that sounds like a teenage girl trying to do man-talk
You got me.
'Gear
RIP 1970~2018
A real man doesn't need to talk. He may choose to. But he doesn't display the need to. Ever.