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Could a single alien message destroy us?
Writer
25d
23
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Robin Hanson's Grabby Aliens model explained - part 1
Writer
1y
34
12
some simulation hypotheses
carado
2mo
3
50
Replicating and extending the grabby aliens model
Tristan Cook
8mo
22
56
Simulation arguments
Joe Carlsmith
10mo
16
1
Could the simulation argument also apply to dreams?
Nathan1123
4mo
3
-1
Implications of the Grabby Aliens Model
harsimony
1y
3
33
How inevitable was modern human civilization - data
taw
13y
104
-11
Physicalism implies experience never dies. So what am I going to experience after it does?
Szymon Kucharski
1y
1
15
Grabby aliens and Zoo hypothesis
avturchin
1y
5
5
Simon Conway Morris: "Aliens are likely to look and behave like us".
Roko
12y
40
44
The Great Filter is early, or AI is hard
Stuart_Armstrong
8y
76
46
Astrobiology, Astronomy, and the Fermi Paradox II: Space & Time Revisited
CellBioGuy
6y
35
32
What would convince you you'd won the lottery?
Stuart_Armstrong
5y
11
23
Three Fables of Magical Girls and Longtermism
Ulisse Mini
18d
11
5
Introducing The Logical Foundation, A Plan to End Poverty With Guaranteed Income
Michael Simm
1mo
23
20
Quantifying anthropic effects on the Fermi paradox
Lanrian
3y
5
102
Don't leave your fingerprints on the future
So8res
2mo
32
142
All Possible Views About Humanity's Future Are Wild
HoldenKarnofsky
1y
40
47
My Most Likely Reason to Die Young is AI X-Risk
AISafetyIsNotLongtermist
5mo
24
33
The Most Important Century: The Animation
Writer
4mo
2
-8
Neil Armstrong died before we could defeat death
kilobug
10y
34
6
[LINK] Waitbutwhy article on the history and future of space exploration, SpaceX and more
LizzardWizzard
7y
26
28
A Proposed Adjustment to the Astronomical Waste Argument
Nick_Beckstead
9y
38
9
So You Want to Colonize the Universe Part 2: Deep Time Engineering
Diffractor
3y
6
58
Claims & Assumptions made in Eternity in Six Hours
Ruby
3y
7
4
Link: White House wants your advice on space exploration
polymathwannabe
8y
24
91
Is the potential astronomical waste in our universe too small to care about?
Wei_Dai
8y
17