Oscar_Cunningham comments on New x-risk organization at Cambridge University - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 28 April 2012 09:22:52PM 2 points [-]

It's not clear to me why the Fermi paradox should be evidence of an unexpected great filter, as opposed to one that's just hard. Can you explain?

Comment author: JoshuaZ 29 April 2012 12:25:42AM 1 point [-]

One of the easiest ways to have a hard filter is if it is unexpected. But yes, the Fermi paradox is more generally evidence of a hard filter rather than an unexpected filter by itself.