The simple version of A is: they are here now, but nowhere else we can see in the universe, and they choose to stay at the edge of our visibility. I’m not yet convinced I need to believe A2, but if I did I’d likely explain the biosquisy part as either a local construction to make them seem more relatable to us, or as due to another rule of theirs preserving the dominance of biosquishy versions of themselves. The US public would seek assurances that US War Depts couldn’t do something that bad again, and such assurances might require pretty dramatic changes to the structure of US democracy.
Author: Robin Hanson
Published at: 2025-11-29 20:45:15
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