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shokwave comments on Irrationality Game III - Less Wrong Discussion

11 Post author: CellBioGuy 12 March 2014 01:51PM

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Comment author: shokwave 13 March 2014 04:25:46PM 0 points [-]

Even given other technological civilisations existing, putting "matter and energy manipulation tops out a little above our current cutting edge" at 5% is way off.

Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 16 March 2014 02:29:57AM 1 point [-]

Way off in which direction?

Comment author: CellBioGuy 14 March 2014 02:00:13AM 0 points [-]

There's a lot you can do on the surface of a clement planet, and a lot you can do in a solar system without replicators that eat everything. Also depends on what you mean by 'above'.