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0 pointsRetric5y ago0 comments

Let’s assume your sending a Von Neumann probe to prep the way for your ship. Now it shows up and does whatever it needs to and then sends an everything is ready signal before you send your generation ship.

I mean sure you could in theory send out an endlessly replicating probe that keeps going to other star systems, but that’s even more risky.

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mylons5y ago

What’s risky about it? The risk seems in them overtaking the entire galaxy more than anything, no?

RetricOP5y ago

Building something with zero possibility of change across millions of years is difficult. Something as simple as reproducing endlessly means they end up wasting enormous amounts of resources. But, you also risk things like probes that don’t slow down and hit one of your planets.

mylons5y ago

Sure, but we’re now beginning to talk about infinite scale and infinite resources. Who cares if 1 planet doesn’t produce probes as fast or at all? Who cares if 1 probe slams through a planet? That being said, I think the latter case might be more controllable by a civilization capable of creating the machines?

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0 pointsRetric5y ago0 comments

I mean sure you could in theory send out an endlessly replicating probe that keeps going to other star systems, but that’s even more risky.

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mylons5y ago

What’s risky about it? The risk seems in them overtaking the entire galaxy more than anything, no?

RetricOP5y ago

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