Re: poly: Re: the destruction problem (was: singleton)

From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Sat May 02 1998 - 15:34:23 PDT

"Nick Bostrom" writes:
> Anders Sandberg writes:
> > I think the best solution is nature's way: maximum diversity
>
> I could also be argued that if there is a way to "blow up the world",
> then with maximum diversity chances are that somebody will find it.

The Teller-Ulam mechanism already provides a reasonable way to blow up
the world, although you have to be careful about how you use it if you
want to actually cause planetwide damage.

Perry
Received on Sat May 2 22:35:33 1998

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