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**Frannypaync** · 09-04-2012, 03:54 AM

Do Alien Civilizations Inevitably ‘Go Green’?
by PAUL SCOTT ANDERSON on FEBRUARY 8, 2012
Now, a variation of that thought has come from Canadian science fiction writer Karl Schroeder, who posits that ”any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from nature.” The reasoning is that if a civilization manages to exist that long, it would inevitably “go green” to such an extent that it would no longer leave any detectable waste products behind. Its artificial signatures would blend in with those of the natural universe, making it much more difficult to detect them by simply searching for artificial constructs versus natural ones. http://www.universetoday.com/93449/d...ably-go-green/

I can understand the rationale that a natural course of development would ultimately lead to sustainable solutions, yet I can't see how we would necessarily conclude that the "artificial signatures would blend in with those of the natural universe". For example a culture tends to preserve its heritage so I could imagine a sufficiently advanced culture may actually preserve working examples of past technologies. Furthermore, I would assume that provided it is sustainable, the best solution for penetrating the cosmos in search of other lifeforms would be preferred as opposed to those that might mimic the natural universe. If these advanced cultures wanted to encourage contact then they would have overt methods of communication to even num nuts like ourselves. :-))

09-04-2012, 03:54 AM	#19
Frannypaync Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 402 Senior Member	Do Alien Civilizations Inevitably ‘Go Green’? by PAUL SCOTT ANDERSON on FEBRUARY 8, 2012 Now, a variation of that thought has come from Canadian science fiction writer Karl Schroeder, who posits that ”any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from nature.” The reasoning is that if a civilization manages to exist that long, it would inevitably “go green” to such an extent that it would no longer leave any detectable waste products behind. Its artificial signatures would blend in with those of the natural universe, making it much more difficult to detect them by simply searching for artificial constructs versus natural ones. http://www.universetoday.com/93449/d...ably-go-green/ I can understand the rationale that a natural course of development would ultimately lead to sustainable solutions, yet I can't see how we would necessarily conclude that the "artificial signatures would blend in with those of the natural universe". For example a culture tends to preserve its heritage so I could imagine a sufficiently advanced culture may actually preserve working examples of past technologies. Furthermore, I would assume that provided it is sustainable, the best solution for penetrating the cosmos in search of other lifeforms would be preferred as opposed to those that might mimic the natural universe. If these advanced cultures wanted to encourage contact then they would have overt methods of communication to even num nuts like ourselves. :-))
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