Dangit I can’t cease to exist, I have stuff to do this weekend.
But more seriously, I don’t see the point you’re making? I don’t have a particular objection to your discussion of anthropic arguments, but also I don’t understand how it relates to the “what part of evolution/planetary science/sociology/etc. is the Great Filter” scientific question.
What I’m trying to argue is that there could easily be no Great Filter, and there could exist trillions of trillions of observers who live inside the light cone of an old alien civilization, whether directly as members of the civilization, or as observers who listen to their radio.
It’s just that we’re not one of them. We’re one of the first few observers who aren’t in such a light cone. Even though the observers inside such light cones outnumber us a trillion to one, we aren’t one of them.
:) if you insist on scientific explanations and dismiss anthropic explanations, then why doesn’t this work as an answer?
Dangit I can’t cease to exist, I have stuff to do this weekend.
But more seriously, I don’t see the point you’re making? I don’t have a particular objection to your discussion of anthropic arguments, but also I don’t understand how it relates to the “what part of evolution/planetary science/sociology/etc. is the Great Filter” scientific question.
What I’m trying to argue is that there could easily be no Great Filter, and there could exist trillions of trillions of observers who live inside the light cone of an old alien civilization, whether directly as members of the civilization, or as observers who listen to their radio.
It’s just that we’re not one of them. We’re one of the first few observers who aren’t in such a light cone. Even though the observers inside such light cones outnumber us a trillion to one, we aren’t one of them.
:) if you insist on scientific explanations and dismiss anthropic explanations, then why doesn’t this work as an answer?
Oh okay. I agree it’s possible there’s no Great Filter.