Luke_A_Somers comments on Blind Spot: Malthusian Crunch - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 21 October 2013 01:38:43AM 1 point [-]

Obviously any given niche within the solar system will have its own finite carrying capacity, but it will be many orders of magnitude higher than that of Earth alone

I'd be suspicious of that 'many' unless you plan on moving lots of asteroids in-system. Earth is some prime real estate for humans.

Comment author: bokov 21 October 2013 03:35:16PM -1 points [-]

I'm envisioning a slowly growing Dyson Cloud, limited by the total output of the sun, availability of atoms in the solar system, and the 14 or so billion years until the sun burns out.

So, if not "many" orders of magnitude then would perhaps "several" be appropriate?

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 21 October 2013 04:45:08PM 2 points [-]

That's not a 'niche', that's completely rearranging the place.

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