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scarcegreengrass comments on Fermi paradox of human past, and corresponding x-risks - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: scarcegreengrass 06 October 2016 03:39:44PM 1 point [-]

I actually drew up a spreadsheet to estimate this: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xnfsDuC0ddUxvKekGLJ5QA5nrXxzked7K-k6jqUm538/edit?usp=sharing

I agree with you about the numbers: If there were say 10^15 insects then their moral weight might be in question. However there are actually more like 10^18, which is huge even for very small per-insect weightings.