V_V comments on 2012 Survey Results - Less Wrong

80 Post author: Yvain 07 December 2012 09:04PM

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Comment author: V_V 03 December 2012 08:54:59PM 2 points [-]

So, if extraterrestrial settlements are unlikely to be ever created regardless of any catastrophe, the point is moot.

Comment author: [deleted] 04 December 2012 11:14:38AM *  1 point [-]

I think that the likes of Bostrom would consider anything that would prevent us from establishing extraterrestrial settlements to be a catastrophe itself, even though it's ‘business as usual’.

Comment author: V_V 18 December 2012 03:52:08PM 0 points [-]

Then the 'catastrophe' could be quite possibly intrinsic in the laws of physics and the structure of the solar system.

Comment author: MugaSofer 09 January 2013 01:03:37PM 0 points [-]

Many are.