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Post-Singularity Civilizations May Prioritize Simulation Over Space Travel

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A discussion on Reddit's r/singularity explores the hypothetical motivations of a post-singularity civilization regarding space travel. The central argument posits that with immense computational power to simulate universes, physical exploration of planets becomes inefficient and unnecessary for knowledge acquisition. Instead, such civilizations might create multiverses through simulations, testing various initial conditions. AI

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Post-Singularity Civilizations May Prioritize Simulation Over Space Travel

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  1. r/singularity TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/darelphilip ·

    Why would a post-singularity civilization bother with physical space travel?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Why would a post-singularity civilization bother with physical space travel? Once you have the compute to simulate entire universes, traversing the physical vacuum to kick rocks on other planets is the slowest, least efficient way to learn anythi…

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