Re: Existential risks

On 26 Apr, 09:21, Tim Tyler <seemy...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Vend wrote:
On 25 Apr, 22:18, Tim Tyler <seemy...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm inclined to assign meteorite strikes, alien invasions
physics disasters, and deadly viruses - and most of the
other stuff on:

http://www.nickbostrom.com/existential/risks.html

...a low probability: so I think we - or our machine
descendants - are likely to make it at least as far
as starting a galactic civilisation.

That site fails to address properly the resource depletion hazard,
IMO.

Resource depletion? But the planet is enormous - and we
have only just begun to scratch its surface.

And below this surface is all rocks for which our current technology
has no use.

And E=mc^2,
and 'c' is enormous - so gigantic energies can be created
simply by smashing atoms together.

If you are referring to nuclear fusion, it doesn't seem that we are
going to make it an usable energy source anytime soon.

Resource depletion hazards seem a long way off to me.
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