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

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Comment author: Lumifer 12 September 2014 02:46:50PM 0 points [-]

if we are discussing civilizations whose apparent absence in the sky is suspicious, those recreate a huge chunk of our own civilization.

I see absolutely no reason for that to be so. Generalizing from the sample of one is foolhardy.

Comment author: private_messaging 12 September 2014 03:07:50PM *  0 points [-]

Generalizing from the sample of one is where you get the idea that we'll see them from. edit: let's just agree that the assumption that aliens would be visible has uncertainties, that are much larger for some really really alien unimaginable aliens.

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