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$File: 1370727248502 (205 KB, 800x949, Wyska Daragadat.jpg) □ Anonymous 06/08/13(Sat)17:34 No.15305798 The great silence (i.e. absence of SETI signals from alien civilizations) is perhaps the strongest indicator of all that high relativistic velocities are attainable and that everybody out there knows it The sobering truth is that relativistic civilizations are a potential nightmare to anyone living within range of them. The problem is that objects traveling at an appreciable fraction of light speed are never where you see them when you see them (i.e., light-speed lag). Relativistic rockets, if their owners turn out to be less than benevolent, are both totally unstoppable and totally destructive. A starship weighing in at 1,500 tons (approximately the weight of a fully fueled space shuttle sitting on the launchpad) impacting an earthlike planet at "only" 30 percent of lightspeed will release 1.5 million megatons of energy an explosive force equivalent to 150 times today's global nuclear arsenal.. I'm not going to talk about ideas. I'm going to talk about reality. It will probably not be good for us ever to build and fire up an antimatter engine. According to Powell, given the proper detecting devices, a Valkyrie engine burn could be seen out to a radius of several light-years and may draw us into a game we'd rather not play, a game in which, if we appear to be even the vaguest threat to another civilization and if the resources are available to eliminate us, then it is logical to do so >> □ Anonymous 06/08/13(Sat)17:34 No.15305833 (140 KB, 800x800, Nid.jpg) The game plan is, in its simplest terms, the relativistic inverse to the golden rule: "Do unto the other fellow as he would do unto you and do it first." When we put our heads together and tried to list everything we could say with certainty about other civilizations, without having actually met them, all that we knew boiled down to three simple laws of alien behavior 1. THEIR SURVIVAL WILL BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OUR SURVIVAL If an alien species has to choose between them and us, they won't choose us. It is difficult to imagine a contrary case; species don't survive by being self-sacrificing 2. WIMPS DONT BECOME TOP DOGS No species makes it to the top by being passive. The species in charge of any given planet will be highly intelligent, alert, aggressive, and ruthless when necessary 3. THEY WILL ASSUME THAT THE FIRST TWO LAWS APPLY TO US >> □ Anonymous 06/08/13(Sat)17:38 No.15305995 File: 1370727534161ipg-(44 KB, 402x700, Eo.jpg) They won't come to get our resources or our knowledge or our women or even because they're just mean and want power over us. They'll come to destroy us to insure their survival, even if we're no apparent threat, because species death is just too much to risk, however remote the risk. The most humbling feature of the relativistic bomb is that even if you happen to see it coming, its exact motion and position can never be determined; and given a technology even a hundred orders of magnitude above our own, you cannot hope to intercept one of these weapons. It often happens, in these discussions, that an expression from the old west arises: "God made some men bigger and stronger than others, but Mr. Colt made all men equal." Variations on Mr. Colt's weapon are still popular today, even in a society that possesses hydrogen bombs. Similarly, no matter how advanced civilizations grow, the relativistic bomb is not likely to go away >> □ Anonymous 06/08/13(Sat)17:39 No.15306034 File (153 KB, 833x651, Takatagita.jpg) We ask that you try just one more thought experiment. Imagine yourself taking a stroll through Manhattan, somewhere north of 68th street, deep inside Central Park, late at night. It would be nice to meet someone friendly, but you know that the park is dangerous at night. That's when the monsters come out. There's always a strong undercurrent of drug dealings, muggings, and occasional homicides It is not easy to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys. They dress alike, and the weapons are concealed. The only difference is intent, and you can't read minds k or blunder across a body tay in the dark long enough and you may hear an occasional di How do you survive the night? The last thing you want to do is shout, "Tm here! The next to last thing you want to do is reply to someone who shouts, "Tm a friend!" What you would like to do is find a policeman, or get out of the park. But you don't w e or move towards a light where you might be spotted, and it is difficult to find either a policeman or your way out without making yourself known. Your safest option is to hunker down and wait for daylight, then safely walk out Ther Ther Ther An cour few obvious rences between Central Park a niver man way out neve$