#paradox — Public Fediverse posts
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What Great Filter?
Cool Worlds Labs presents the Great Filters and the one yet to come, which explains why the galaxy hasn’t been settled by the millions of intelligent Alien species, in theory.
‘The Aliens are too intelligent to leave their solar system for the over-radiated emptiness of Outer Space.’Prompt:
recap_youtube_transcript: https://youtu.be/dchBY5XO6QgGemini Flash 3.6 Said:
Here is a summary of the video “Why Finding Aliens Could Doom Humanity” from the Cool Worlds channel:Key Concepts & Takeaways
1. The Fermi Paradox & “Fact A”
- Fact A (Hart-Tipler Conjecture) [00:30]: The simple observation that Earth has not been colonized by an expansive alien species. Given the age of the galaxy and basic physics, if intelligent life were common and expansive, someone should have colonized the galaxy by now.
- The Monoculture Fallacy [01:31]: Explanations claiming aliens choose not to expand (e.g., choosing to live in virtual reality or remaining peaceful) fail because no behavioral rule is 100% universal across all cultures or species.
- The Great Filter [04:05]: Coined by economist Robin Hansen in 1993, the idea that a massive evolutionary or physical barrier exists along the path from dead matter to a “loud,” space-faring civilization.
2. Candidate Great Filters & Host’s Tier List
The video breaks down eight key steps in Earth’s history to locate where the Great Filter might be, ranking their likelihood:
- Rare Earth [08:50] — C-Tier: Unique planetary conditions (e.g., the Moon-forming impact). Host view: Earth-sized planets in habitable zones are fairly common.
- Rare Life / Abiogenesis [09:05] — D-Tier: The origin of life from non-living matter. Host view: Life emerged very early on Earth, suggesting abiogenesis is likely easy.
- Rare Biosphere / Photosynthesis [09:44] — C-Tier: The evolution of Photosystem II (turning light into food/oxygen). Host view: A natural progression in complexity rather than a freak event.
- Rare Complexity / Eukaryotes [10:50] — S-Tier (Top Candidate): The symbiotic event where one cell engulfed another to form complex eukaryotic life. Host view: This appears to be a unique, one-off fluke in Earth’s 4-billion-year history.
- Rare Fauna [11:55] — B-Tier: The Cambrian Explosion generating animal diversity. Host view: Likely an inevitable “evolutionary time bomb” once eukaryotic life existed.
- Rare Technologist [12:16] — A-Tier: The rare combination of dexterity (opposable thumbs) and high intelligence. Host view: Many smart animals exist, but few have tool-building dexterity.
- Rare Civilization [13:32] — B-Tier: Agriculture and settlement allowing specialization. Host view: Intelligent tool-users likely inevitably learn to cultivate food.
- Rare Loudies / Doomsday [15:18] — A-Tier: A filter lying in our future where technological civilizations inevitably collapse or destroy themselves.
3. Nick Bostrom’s Doomsday Paradox
- The Problem with Discovering Alien Life [19:43]: Philosopher Nick Bostrom argued in 2008 that finding alien life (even simple microbes on Mars or bio-signatures on exoplanets) would be terrible news for humanity.
- Eliminating Past Filters [21:07]: If we discover that life, complex organisms, or basic civilizations are common, we cross off candidate Great Filters in our past.
- Increasing $P(\text{Doom})$ [24:00]: If no filter lies behind us, the Great Filter must lie ahead of us—implying that nearly 100% of technological civilizations inevitably destroy themselves before reaching interstellar scale.
4. Conclusion
While Bostrom’s logic is daunting, the host notes that the monoculture fallacy works both ways [24:44]: it is equally difficult to imagine a doomsday scenario or existential trap that is 100% universal across every single civilization across the universe.
#Aliens #Arewealone #CoolWorlds #Doomsday #Fermiparadox #Greatfilter #Paradox #CoolWorldsLabs -
https://www.europesays.com/cz/164157/ Recenze ergonomické židle Paradox Ergo One: Ulevte svým zádům #Ergonomickážidle #křeslo #Paradox #ParadoxErgoOne #recenze #Science #Science&Technology #Sezení #Technika #Technology #Věda #VědaATechnika #Židle
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https://www.europesays.com/cz/159712/ Moravcův paradox v praxi. Hierarchie pracovních míst se v době AI výrazně mění #Business #Byznys #Paradox #PracovníMísta #UměláInteligence(AI) #Zaměstnání
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Most people don't want to harm #animals or the #climate but also eat #meat. They use subconscious #coping strategies to reduce cognitive #dissonance caused by this #paradox. Dairy-related coping strategies overlap—with the added justification that #dairy is “neglectable”: doi.org/10.1007/s410...
Beyond Natural, Normal, Necess... -
Most people don't want to harm #animals or the #climate but also eat #meat. They use subconscious #coping strategies to reduce cognitive #dissonance caused by this #paradox. Dairy-related coping strategies overlap—with the added justification that #dairy is “neglectable”: doi.org/10.1007/s410...
Beyond Natural, Normal, Necess... -
Most people don't want to harm #animals or the #climate but also eat #meat. They use subconscious #coping strategies to reduce cognitive #dissonance caused by this #paradox. Dairy-related coping strategies overlap—with the added justification that #dairy is “neglectable”: doi.org/10.1007/s410...
Beyond Natural, Normal, Necess... -
Most people don't want to harm #animals or the #climate but also eat #meat. They use subconscious #coping strategies to reduce cognitive #dissonance caused by this #paradox. Dairy-related coping strategies overlap—with the added justification that #dairy is “neglectable”: doi.org/10.1007/s410...
Beyond Natural, Normal, Necess... -
Most people don't want to harm #animals or the #climate but also eat #meat. They use subconscious #coping strategies to reduce cognitive #dissonance caused by this #paradox. Dairy-related coping strategies overlap—with the added justification that #dairy is “neglectable”: doi.org/10.1007/s410...
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New post on me blog:
Can #God do the impossible?
https://far.chickenkiller.com/religion/can-god-do-the-impossible/A short note about the omnipotent paradox, liar's paradox and our binary logic.
#paradox #philosophy #logic #post #blogpost #religion #omnipotence #logical_paradox
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New post on me blog:
Can #God do the impossible?
https://far.chickenkiller.com/religion/can-god-do-the-impossible/A short note about the omnipotent paradox, liar's paradox and our binary logic.
#paradox #philosophy #logic #post #blogpost #religion #omnipotence #logical_paradox
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New post on me blog:
Can #God do the impossible?
https://far.chickenkiller.com/religion/can-god-do-the-impossible/A short note about the omnipotent paradox, liar's paradox and our binary logic.
#paradox #philosophy #logic #post #blogpost #religion #omnipotence #logical_paradox
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New post on me blog:
Can #God do the impossible?
https://far.chickenkiller.com/religion/can-god-do-the-impossible/A short note about the omnipotent paradox, liar's paradox and our binary logic.
#paradox #philosophy #logic #post #blogpost #religion #omnipotence #logical_paradox
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New post on me blog:
Can #God do the impossible?
https://far.chickenkiller.com/religion/can-god-do-the-impossible/A short note about the omnipotent paradox, liar's paradox and our binary logic.
#paradox #philosophy #logic #post #blogpost #religion #omnipotence #logical_paradox
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Newsflash
I have developed an uncanny ability to tell, from a person's avatar alone, whether they're likely to be anti-artificial intelligence.
A paradox: there is, too often for my liking, something unnervingly artificial about the avatars that are chosen by anti-AI protesters.
Methinks they doth protest too much.
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Newsflash
I have developed an uncanny ability to tell, from a person's avatar alone, whether they're likely to be anti-artificial intelligence.
A paradox: there is, too often for my liking, something unnervingly artificial about the avatars that are chosen by anti-AI protesters.
Methinks they doth protest too much.
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Newsflash
I have developed an uncanny ability to tell, from a person's avatar alone, whether they're likely to be anti-artificial intelligence.
A paradox: there is, too often for my liking, something unnervingly artificial about the avatars that are chosen by anti-AI protesters.
Methinks they doth protest too much.
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Newsflash
I have developed an uncanny ability to tell, from a person's avatar alone, whether they're likely to be anti-artificial intelligence.
A paradox: there is, too often for my liking, something unnervingly artificial about the avatars that are chosen by anti-AI protesters.
Methinks they doth protest too much.
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Newsflash
I have developed an uncanny ability to tell, from a person's avatar alone, whether they're likely to be anti-artificial intelligence.
A paradox: there is, too often for my liking, something unnervingly artificial about the avatars that are chosen by anti-AI protesters.
Methinks they doth protest too much.
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@Beggarmidas I think of the next generation of children as the next adults.
It's been hard because children are attached to parents - of which most are too busy / overwhelmed or want to stay oblivious / not be against the #system.
So I'm in a locked #paradox;
Adults don't want to listen and children hardly can / can't implement it because adults have such an inherited lock on environment.
This is why I appeal to social engine developers to make it part of their mission. <Is that a good idea?
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@Beggarmidas I think of the next generation of children as the next adults.
It's been hard because children are attached to parents - of which most are too busy / overwhelmed or want to stay oblivious / not be against the #system.
So I'm in a locked #paradox;
Adults don't want to listen and children hardly can / can't implement it because adults have such an inherited lock on environment.
This is why I appeal to social engine developers to make it part of their mission. <Is that a good idea?
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@Beggarmidas I think of the next generation of children as the next adults.
It's been hard because children are attached to parents - of which most are too busy / overwhelmed or want to stay oblivious / not be against the #system.
So I'm in a locked #paradox;
Adults don't want to listen and children hardly can / can't implement it because adults have such an inherited lock on environment.
This is why I appeal to social engine developers to make it part of their mission. <Is that a good idea?
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@Beggarmidas I think of the next generation of children as the next adults.
It's been hard because children are attached to parents - of which most are too busy / overwhelmed or want to stay oblivious / not be against the #system.
So I'm in a locked #paradox;
Adults don't want to listen and children hardly can / can't implement it because adults have such an inherited lock on environment.
This is why I appeal to social engine developers to make it part of their mission. <Is that a good idea?
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@argv_minus_one Ah, this attitude I find as the problem.
Taking care of the planet and people is part of our nature otherwise it leaves it too open into other people's hands (not your fault but #paradox of life is leaving it to others = #irresponsible).
So without big judgement, if you are not interested in saving the planet even 50% - then that is part of the overall problem.
This then goes back to Trumps Musks running riot because people leave it to others or write off "saving the planet".
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@argv_minus_one Ah, this attitude I find as the problem.
Taking care of the planet and people is part of our nature otherwise it leaves it too open into other people's hands (not your fault but #paradox of life is leaving it to others = #irresponsible).
So without big judgement, if you are not interested in saving the planet even 50% - then that is part of the overall problem.
This then goes back to Trumps Musks running riot because people leave it to others or write off "saving the planet".
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@argv_minus_one Ah, this attitude I find as the problem.
Taking care of the planet and people is part of our nature otherwise it leaves it too open into other people's hands (not your fault but #paradox of life is leaving it to others = #irresponsible).
So without big judgement, if you are not interested in saving the planet even 50% - then that is part of the overall problem.
This then goes back to Trumps Musks running riot because people leave it to others or write off "saving the planet".
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@argv_minus_one Ah, this attitude I find as the problem.
Taking care of the planet and people is part of our nature otherwise it leaves it too open into other people's hands (not your fault but #paradox of life is leaving it to others = #irresponsible).
So without big judgement, if you are not interested in saving the planet even 50% - then that is part of the overall problem.
This then goes back to Trumps Musks running riot because people leave it to others or write off "saving the planet".
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@argv_minus_one Ah, this attitude I find as the problem.
Taking care of the planet and people is part of our nature otherwise it leaves it too open into other people's hands (not your fault but #paradox of life is leaving it to others = #irresponsible).
So without big judgement, if you are not interested in saving the planet even 50% - then that is part of the overall problem.
This then goes back to Trumps Musks running riot because people leave it to others or write off "saving the planet".
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Alcohol Flips the Sleep-Memory Script: Why a Nightcap May Sabotage What You Want to Remember
https://1ban.news/alcohol-paradox-sleep-memory-drosophila/
#1ban #alcohol #paradox #sleep #memory #neuroscience -
Alcohol Flips the Sleep-Memory Script: Why a Nightcap May Sabotage What You Want to Remember
https://1ban.news/alcohol-paradox-sleep-memory-drosophila/
#1ban #alcohol #paradox #sleep #memory #neuroscience -
Alcohol Flips the Sleep-Memory Script: Why a Nightcap May Sabotage What You Want to Remember
https://1ban.news/alcohol-paradox-sleep-memory-drosophila/
#1ban #alcohol #paradox #sleep #memory #neuroscience -
Alcohol Flips the Sleep-Memory Script: Why a Nightcap May Sabotage What You Want to Remember
https://1ban.news/alcohol-paradox-sleep-memory-drosophila/
#1ban #alcohol #paradox #sleep #memory #neuroscience -
Alcohol Flips the Sleep-Memory Script: Why a Nightcap May Sabotage What You Want to Remember
https://1ban.news/alcohol-paradox-sleep-memory-drosophila/
#1ban #alcohol #paradox #sleep #memory #neuroscience -
#Paradox - the last 500 years scientists have invented lenses to see bigger and smaller things like out into the #solar system and into a #cell. Say the path of lens invention continues, is it likely that scientists might develop even better lenses that reveal more about matter and space, and if this continued, we might see things infinitely tinier than the cell? At least bigger than the Milky Way though. We agree that space might not end anywhere. But what if it goes infinitely smaller as well?
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#Paradox - the last 500 years scientists have invented lenses to see bigger and smaller things like out into the #solar system and into a #cell. Say the path of lens invention continues, is it likely that scientists might develop even better lenses that reveal more about matter and space, and if this continued, we might see things infinitely tinier than the cell? At least bigger than the Milky Way though. We agree that space might not end anywhere. But what if it goes infinitely smaller as well?
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#Paradox - the last 500 years scientists have invented lenses to see bigger and smaller things like out into the #solar system and into a #cell. Say the path of lens invention continues, is it likely that scientists might develop even better lenses that reveal more about matter and space, and if this continued, we might see things infinitely tinier than the cell? At least bigger than the Milky Way though. We agree that space might not end anywhere. But what if it goes infinitely smaller as well?
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#Paradox - the last 500 years scientists have invented lenses to see bigger and smaller things like out into the #solar system and into a #cell. Say the path of lens invention continues, is it likely that scientists might develop even better lenses that reveal more about matter and space, and if this continued, we might see things infinitely tinier than the cell? At least bigger than the Milky Way though. We agree that space might not end anywhere. But what if it goes infinitely smaller as well?
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#Paradox - the last 500 years scientists have invented lenses to see bigger and smaller things like out into the #solar system and into a #cell. Say the path of lens invention continues, is it likely that scientists might develop even better lenses that reveal more about matter and space, and if this continued, we might see things infinitely tinier than the cell? At least bigger than the Milky Way though. We agree that space might not end anywhere. But what if it goes infinitely smaller as well?
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here’s a #paradox to consider: over the last 500 years or so humans have developed lenses that allowed them to see increasingly bigger and smaller things like out into the #solar system and into a #cell. I believe that #infinity exists in both directions. Out into space and into the cell. No lens will be enough to see the end of it or comprehend. no better lenses will be developed because humanity is about to die off. Also, it’s just a paradox.
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Ever notice how two things can seem like total opposites, yet both are completely true at the same time? Life loves a good paradox.
A couple of classic examples:
Light is both a wave and a particle. In physics, depending on how you measure it, light behaves like continuous ripples in water and like tiny individual packets of energy. It threw scientists for a loop, but both are fundamentally true.You can deeply love someone and also be incredibly annoyed by them. Human emotion isn't a zero-sum game. Holding space for gratitude and frustration simultaneously is just part of the messy human experience.
Truth isn't always an "either/or"—a lot of the time, it's a "both/and."
#Philosophy #Physics #Paradox #Nuance #Mindset -
Ever notice how two things can seem like total opposites, yet both are completely true at the same time? Life loves a good paradox.
A couple of classic examples:
Light is both a wave and a particle. In physics, depending on how you measure it, light behaves like continuous ripples in water and like tiny individual packets of energy. It threw scientists for a loop, but both are fundamentally true.You can deeply love someone and also be incredibly annoyed by them. Human emotion isn't a zero-sum game. Holding space for gratitude and frustration simultaneously is just part of the messy human experience.
Truth isn't always an "either/or"—a lot of the time, it's a "both/and."
#Philosophy #Physics #Paradox #Nuance #Mindset -
Ever notice how two things can seem like total opposites, yet both are completely true at the same time? Life loves a good paradox.
A couple of classic examples:
Light is both a wave and a particle. In physics, depending on how you measure it, light behaves like continuous ripples in water and like tiny individual packets of energy. It threw scientists for a loop, but both are fundamentally true.You can deeply love someone and also be incredibly annoyed by them. Human emotion isn't a zero-sum game. Holding space for gratitude and frustration simultaneously is just part of the messy human experience.
Truth isn't always an "either/or"—a lot of the time, it's a "both/and."
#Philosophy #Physics #Paradox #Nuance #Mindset -
Ever notice how two things can seem like total opposites, yet both are completely true at the same time? Life loves a good paradox.
A couple of classic examples:
Light is both a wave and a particle. In physics, depending on how you measure it, light behaves like continuous ripples in water and like tiny individual packets of energy. It threw scientists for a loop, but both are fundamentally true.You can deeply love someone and also be incredibly annoyed by them. Human emotion isn't a zero-sum game. Holding space for gratitude and frustration simultaneously is just part of the messy human experience.
Truth isn't always an "either/or"—a lot of the time, it's a "both/and."
#Philosophy #Physics #Paradox #Nuance #Mindset
