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mstislavl ([personal profile] mstislavl) wrote2012-10-05 11:54 am
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If we were certain that a much more profound explanation of the universe could be accessed simply by plugging into a cosmic Wikipedia, would we still bother to do experiments? I'd urge instead that we should strive even harder to get it right. Extra-terrestrial reviewers might turn out to be less forgiving than their human counterparts.

Howy Jacobs, 

Lo, what fools these mortals be


...Why, in this case, has none of those [advanced] civilizations actually chosen to make contact with us, passing on some useful knowledge, or schooling us in wiser ways?

Because there is no such thing as free information, re: Elsevier.

[identity profile] sted-ats-02.livejournal.com 2012-10-07 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Спасибо за ответ. А что касается Википедии ... Думаю, некоторые из завяленных целей принципиально недостижимы, но это не значит отнюдь, что ее не надо наполнять и дальше. Я так думаю.