pinyaka comments on The Octopus, the Dolphin and Us: a Great Filter tale - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pinyaka 03 September 2014 11:04:31PM 1 point [-]

That we're not that special is an assumption of the Great Filter argument. We could be the first intelligence to arrive on the scene, but it probably will be more harmful to underestimate upcoming pitfalls than overestimating them.