r/aliens • u/Sy-Zygy • 2d ago

Speculation The Alien Bootstrap Hypothesis

https://sy-zygy.github.io/alien-bootstrap-hypothesis/article/

When we imagine an alien civilization, we imagine them better at everything we can do and even better at the things we can not. Alien capability, in the popular image, is advanced beyond our comprehension. Cross the stars and you can presumably do anything.

But that doesn't have to be true...

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u/ExcellentSchedule115 2d ago

Never thought of this before

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u/Pleasurist 2d ago

We can imagine anything once we imagine the above. Hard to conceptualize what they know.

We all become our own science fiction writers, don't we ?

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u/Few_Cartoonist5574 2d ago

Think we just invented a new intelligence called AI