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There's something mildly amusing about a citizen of a Type 0 Civilization trying to speculate on the technological advancement of Type I, II, or III Civilizations.
However, the article touches on something near the end that I've often speculated about: What happens when a species reaches a level of advancement where they're able to manipulate virtually the entire universe?
If Clarke was correct that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic," then the logical corrollary is that "any sufficiently evolved intelligence is indistinguishable from God." The author just does a good job of dancing around the issue.
Through history, we've found, as a species, the more questions we find answers for, the more unanswered questions we find based on the answer to the original question.
I don't think we will ever move beyond that paradigm.
Last edited by MultimediaMan; 2 November 2003, 16:07.
Hey, Donny! We got us a German who wants to die for his country... Oblige him. - Lt. Aldo Raine
or, as my philosophy of science - professor put it: "The universe is always one step ahead."
pardime? cjolley, I beat you by 5 years.
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"Perhaps they communicate by changing colour? Like those sea creatures .."
"Lobsters?"
"Really? I didn't know they did that."
"Oh yes, red means help!"
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