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TimS comments on If there IS alien super-inteligence in our own galaxy, then what it could be like? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: TimS 26 February 2016 10:12:56PM *  0 points [-]

This is only a paradox under naive definitions of infinity. Once one starts talking about cardinality, the "paradoxical" nature of the thought experiment fades away.

In other words, this is not really responsive to James_Miller's comment.