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		lazide on May 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Computer models suggest modern plate tectonics due... Because we haven’t seen any - near as we can tell - ever. If they were possible, we should be having to constantly look up to avoid having one land on us.

nilsherzig on May 12, 2024 | [–]

Why would the cutoff be at building self replicating probes and not before that?

lazide on May 12, 2024 | | [–]

Because self replicating problems should have some sort of exponential growth curve, and with the age of the universe should have fairly predictable time before full coverage.

Other things wouldn’t.

mnky9800n on May 12, 2024 | [–]

What about UFO

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