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ben_wlast Sunday at 9:49 PM2 repliesview on HN

Indeed.

Here's one for you: There's a 10–15% chance, even barring radical life extension tech, that I'll live long enough to see the moon completely disassembled by von Neumann replicators.


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nathan_comptonlast Sunday at 10:39 PM

How could you possibly come up with 10-15%?

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ryankrage77last Sunday at 10:45 PM

Dismantling the moon would disrupt the Earth's orbit, so the most likely version of this scenario is not beneficial/benign (e.g, grey goo scenario), so you need to factor in the chance that you'll be dissasembled before you see it happen to the moon.

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