Comment on It's been downhill since 2020
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 1 week agoThis would imply that capitalism is inevitable in species with potentially spacefaring intelligence. I refuse to accept that for my own sanity’s sake.
Comment on It's been downhill since 2020
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 1 week agoThis would imply that capitalism is inevitable in species with potentially spacefaring intelligence. I refuse to accept that for my own sanity’s sake.
Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Perhaps it’s a contextual Great Filter only for instances of intelligent life in which capitalistic modes of production win out.
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Then it doesn’t serve its purpose of solving the Fermi paradox.
Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
What? Any and all filters an intelligent species could encounter need to be factored in statistically, even if not all of those filters will 100% be encountered