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␈↓ ↓H␈↓α␈↓ βmNOTES ON INTELLIGENCE IN THE UNIVERSE

␈↓ ↓H␈↓1.␈α⊂Alien␈α∂intelligence␈α⊂will␈α⊂be␈α∂like␈α⊂human␈α∂intelligence␈α⊂in␈α⊂its␈α∂qualitative␈α⊂features,␈α⊂because␈α∂similar
␈↓ ↓H␈↓methods must be used to solve similar problems.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓2.␈αAlien␈αmotivational␈αstructure␈αmay␈αbe␈αvastly␈αdifferent,␈αbecause␈αthe␈αhuman␈αmotivational␈αstructure
␈↓ ↓H␈↓has many features not related to human survival in a technological culture.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓3.␈αHumans␈αare␈αbarely␈α
intelligent.␈α There␈αmay␈αbe␈αa␈α
servo-mechanism␈αthat␈αprevents␈αthere␈αbeing␈α
too
␈↓ ↓H␈↓many␈α
smart␈α
people.␈α
 There␈α
are␈α
just␈α
not␈α
enough␈αsmart␈α
people␈α
to␈α
do␈α
the␈α
jobs␈α
properly.␈α
 An␈αalien
␈↓ ↓H␈↓culture might pass from inventing fireplaces to inventing space ships in a few hundred years.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓4.␈αThere␈αis␈αno␈αreason␈αto␈αexpect␈αAI␈αto␈αstop␈αat␈αhuman-level␈αintelligence.␈α If␈αwe␈αcan␈αreach␈αit,␈αwe␈αcan
␈↓ ↓H␈↓far surpass it.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓5. If we survive, we will surely occupy the galaxy.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓6.␈α
We␈αmay,␈α
after␈αall,␈α
be␈αthe␈α
first␈αintelligent␈α
race␈αin␈α
our␈αgalaxy.␈α
 The␈αuncertainty␈α
in␈αthe␈α
time␈αof␈α
our
␈↓ ↓H␈↓being␈αcapable␈αof␈αoccupying␈αthe␈αgalaxy␈αis␈αa␈αperhaps␈α500,000,000␈αyears,␈αwhile␈αthe␈αtime␈αrequired␈αto
␈↓ ↓H␈↓occupy it is perhaps a 100,000 years.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓7. Sagan's formula is an expression of ideology not science.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓8. t = s␈↓∧2/3␈↓p␈↓∧-1/3␈↓.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓9. We must consider what can exist and what can evolve.  The latter question is much harder.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓10. Postponement of the heat death.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓11. Applications of black holes.