g_pepper comments on [Link]: KIC 8462852, aka WTF star, "the most mysterious star in our galaxy", ETI candidate, etc. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: turchin 24 October 2015 09:16:00PM 0 points [-]

I estimate total probability of human extinction because of SETI attack in 1 per cent. But much smaller in case of this star. There are several needed conjunctions: 1.ET exist but are very far from each other, so communication is wining over travel. 1 milion light years or more. 2. Strong AI is possible.

Comment author: g_pepper 24 October 2015 11:58:43PM 2 points [-]

ET exist but are very far from each other, so communication is wining over travel. 1 milion light years or more.

So, you see a SETI attack as primarily useful for intergalactic colonization/expansion? It seems to me that a SETI attack would be an efficient way for a civilization to expand within a galaxy as well. Why do you think it would be useful only at such great distances?

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