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Lumifer comments on Open Thread, May 25 - May 31, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 27 May 2015 07:30:59PM 1 point [-]

Was there any noticeable technological progress back in 2000 BC?

What makes you think that in 4000 years people will think there was noticeable technological progress in the XXI century?

But the general theme of humanity expanding across the universe seems a safe extrapolation

Actually, no, if the limit of the speed of light holds, either there won't be much expansion or the result of the expansion won't be very human.