The Fermi Paradox, Self-Replicating Probes, and the Interstellar Transportation Bandwidth
Re-examining Von Neumann probes, reconciling their apparent scarcity with the Fermi paradox.
Re-examining Von Neumann probes, reconciling their apparent scarcity with the Fermi paradox.
My short talk from Aral’s Update conference in Brighton last September. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. If I only I had a handheld mic—then I could’ve done a microphone drop at the end.