It’s possible that life after a certain point just progresses inwardly (simulating it’s own environment) rather than exploring distances it could not possibly cover. This is one theory I’ve been thinking about and wrote a fun little essay exploring
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This is one of the major theories, yes. I'm weirdly skeptical of it. But that might only be because I'm too romantic about how the human behavioral utility function in our genetics works.
I love the theory of panpsychism. It would be beautiful if true- it’s basically that all things have a “mind-like” quality. I romanticize it as “consciousness came first and birthed all reality.”
I like it. Thank you. Will read up on this too.
This is an essay I wrote a while back. It explores some of these concepts, timelines and my thoughts about what may actually happen. https://undefined.scribbble.co/posts/phase-4
Kudos on writing a whole essay on this. Thanks for sharing. Will take a look.