{"id":2441,"date":"2018-08-04T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T18:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2018-08-03T22:31:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T10:31:26","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-ten-good-news-i-have-solved-the-fermi-paradox-bad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2018\/08\/episode-one-hundred-and-ten-good-news-i-have-solved-the-fermi-paradox-bad-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode One Hundred And Ten &#8211; Good news; I have solved the Fermi Paradox. Bad news&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6666\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2441-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-110-GoodNews.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-110-GoodNews.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-110-GoodNews.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-110-GoodNews.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=2441-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-110-GoodNews.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-110-GoodNews.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_Images\/110-FermiParadox.jpg\" alt=\"Good News; I Have Solved The Fermi Paradox - Bad News: I Have Solved The Fermi Paradox\" width=\"614\" height=\"345\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are living in a detailed and exacting simulation of the most boring possible universe.<br \/>\nOnce you know that, can you reach outside the simulated environment to other environments? Or maybe to the people who are doing the simulations?<br \/>\nAlternatively, can you hack your own simulation?<\/p>\n<p>The reason that our part of the universe looks like it does is that we live in a heritage cluster with a strong &amp; boring Galactic Home Owners Association, who really aren&#8217;t prepared for what Humanity is going to be like as a neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>Dinosaurs, as a species, guarantee their own discontinuous existence by being constantly recreated by races who come along after they die out.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=1243\">Episode 50 &#8211; Ghostwatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gencon.com\/\">Gen Con<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brexit\">Brexit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scottish_independence\">Scotland Independence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Singapore_Changi_Airport\">Changi Airport, Singapore<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/City_Rail_Link\">Auckland City Rail Link<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auckland_Harbour_Bridge\">Auckland Harbour Bridge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taumarunui\">Taumarunui<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fermi_paradox\">Fermi Paradox<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Team_Fortress_2\">Team Fortress 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Propositional_calculus\">Propositional Logic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Matrix\">The Matrix<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extremis_(Doctor_Who)\">Doctor Who &#8211; Extremis<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Invader_Zim_episodes\">Invader Zim<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Redshirts_(novel)\">Redshirts<\/a>, by John Scalzi<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Thirteenth_Floor\">The 13th Floor<\/a> (movie)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rickandmorty.wikia.com\/wiki\/The_Ricks_Must_Be_Crazy\">Rick and Morty &#8211; The Ricks Must Be Crazy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/99847\/Flatpack-Fix-the-Future\">Flatpack: Fix The Future<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/apocalypse-world.com\/\">Apocalypse World<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arcadia_(The_X-Files)\">The X-Files &#8211; Arcadia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Brin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uplift_Universe\">Uplift Universe<\/a><br \/>\nDouglas Adams&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy\">Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy series<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.galileogames.com\/bulldogs\/\">Bulldogs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Animal_House\">Animal House<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Teenagers_from_Outer_Space_(role-playing_game)\">Teenagers From Outer Space<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/KIC_8462852\">Tabby&#8217;s Star<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wow!_signal\">The Wow! Signal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=2437\">Episode 108 \u2013 The Boy was the spouse of Justice and a slave to Science<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paranoia_(role-playing_game)\">Paranoia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tales_from_the_Floating_Vagabond\">Tales from the Floating Vagabond<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jupiter_Ascending\">Jupiter Ascending<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Credo_(card_game)\">Credo<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicene_Creed\">Nicene Creed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Weeaboo\">Weeaboo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pbfcomics.com\/\">The Perry Bible Fellowship<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jurassic_World:_Fallen_Kingdom\">Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeff_Goldblum\">Jeff Goldblum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_Trek\">Star Trek<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rampage_(2018_film)\">Rampage<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CRISPR\">CRISPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfred_Hitchcock\">Alfred Hitchcock<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/watson-and-crick-discover-chemical-structure-of-dna\">Watson and Crick<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sue_(dinosaur)\">Sue the T-Rex<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucas_Oil_Stadium\">LucasOil Stadium<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lorenzo%27s_Oil\">Lorenzo&#8217;s Oil<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_(film)\">Paul<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6668\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2441-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-110-GoodNews.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-110-GoodNews.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-110-GoodNews.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-110-GoodNews.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=2441-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-110-GoodNews.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-110-GoodNews.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-110-GoodNews.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS We are living in a detailed and exacting simulation of the most boring possible universe. 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