Why two? Why not 2*10^10, or 2*10^-10? The "Drake equation" is so ambiguous that there is plenty of room for variance of this kind. And even if it is two, the great likelihood is that we won't meet the other one for billions of years and so it won't be our problem.
- Tom --- "Eric B. Ramsay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am very enthusiatic over the idea of humans > creating a singularity and hope myself to contribute > meaningfully to this effort down the road. In the > same way that I believe it should be possible to > have an AGI, I also believe that there may very well > be other intelligent life out there in the universe. > Given the current estimated age of the universe, > other intelligent races may be millions (if not > billions) of years ahead of us technically. If that > is so and if an AGI singularity is possible, it > stands to reason that such a thing would already > have been created. If we go with the strongest > definition of what the term "singularity" implies, > then is the universe big enough for two? > Eric B. Ramsay > > ----- > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: > http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=11983 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=11983
