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Extraterrestrial Life
Chemistry
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Simulation Hypothesis
Mind Crime
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
15
[link] On the abundance of extraterrestrial life after the Kepler mission
Gunnar_Zarncke
8y
25
1
Jeff Shainline thinks that there is too much serendipity in the physics of optical/superconducting computing, suggesting that they were part of the criteria of Cosmological Natural Selection, which could have some fairly lovecraftian implications
mako yass
8mo
3
40
Holy Grails of Chemistry
chemslug
2y
2
3
Annihilating aliens & Rare Earth suggest early filter
rk
4y
10
52
The Aliens have Landed!
TimFreeman
11y
158
6
Security analysis of 'cloud chemistry labs'?
Kenny
6mo
2
29
Great-Filter Hard-Step Math, Explained Intuitively
Daniel_Eth
1y
7
16
Risks of downloading alien AI via SETI search
turchin
9y
99
15
The map of the risks of aliens
turchin
6y
21
14
What is the best chemistry textbook?
Maxwell Peterson
1y
8
25
Alien neuropunk slaver civilizations
D_Malik
7y
18
39
Weird question: could we see distant aliens?
paulfchristiano
4y
78
12
some simulation hypotheses
carado
2mo
3
56
Simulation arguments
Joe Carlsmith
10mo
16
1
Could the simulation argument also apply to dreams?
Nathan1123
4mo
3
-11
Physicalism implies experience never dies. So what am I going to experience after it does?
Szymon Kucharski
1y
1
32
What would convince you you'd won the lottery?
Stuart_Armstrong
5y
11
21
Superintelligence 12: Malignant failure modes
KatjaGrace
8y
51
-18
Reality vs Virtual Reality
cleonid
13y
8
-2
Principia Compat. The potential Importance of Multiverse Theory
mako yass
6y
36
35
[Link] Does a Simulation Really Need to Be Run?
VincentYu
11y
17
12
Simulation Typology and Termination Risks
avturchin
3y
0
8
Simulations Map: what is the most probable type of the simulation in which we live?
turchin
7y
47
150
The AI in a box boxes you
Stuart_Armstrong
12y
390
68
Simulated Elon Musk Lives in a Simulation
lsusr
1y
9
13
Negotiating Up and Down the Simulation Hierarchy: Why We Might Survive the Unaligned Singularity
David Udell
7mo
16