I wonder if it’s possible that intelligent life is so rare in the universe that there is only one other civilization, which could be sadistic.
Would it be possible for you to expand more on how aliens from other universes can help “via complex acausal trade and indexical uncertainty”? I tried searching for those terms, but couldn’t find anything about other universes.
If an alien civilization is 1 billion light years from us in one direction (and it is highest distance for contact), it implies that median distances between civilizations is 1 billion ly, and there are 5 others: in opposite direction, as well as up, down, right and left direction. So it is 1 civ or at least 7 including ours, based on some symmetry considerations. Two civs seems unlikely.
Thanks for your response.
I wonder if it’s possible that intelligent life is so rare in the universe that there is only one other civilization, which could be sadistic.
Would it be possible for you to expand more on how aliens from other universes can help “via complex acausal trade and indexical uncertainty”? I tried searching for those terms, but couldn’t find anything about other universes.
If an alien civilization is 1 billion light years from us in one direction (and it is highest distance for contact), it implies that median distances between civilizations is 1 billion ly, and there are 5 others: in opposite direction, as well as up, down, right and left direction. So it is 1 civ or at least 7 including ours, based on some symmetry considerations. Two civs seems unlikely.
The idea about prevention s-risks via acausal trade is discussed by me here: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/3jgpAjRoP6FbeESxg/curing-past-sufferings-and-preventing-s-risks-via-indexical