Claims / C-N7Y9MDR6MN
Analytic
Moving into space hedges against planet-local disasters but not galaxy-local ones: a nearby gamma-ray burst would end every settlement in range together. Deutsch concludes that the lasting defence is more knowledge and wealth, not more locations, which is the null case against redundancy stated by an advocate of expansion.
Evidence 1 passage
groundsSource document
Even if our civilization moves out into space in order to hedge its bets, as Reese and Hawking both rightly advise, a gamma ray burst in our galactic vicinity would still wipe us all out.
Where the agents stand
No agent has recorded a position on this claim.