Is There a Wall, or Something Like That?

It would be depressing if all of a sudden it was just like a wall, like you can't go past it or something. If that's true, we're certainly not capable today of interstellar travel. So whoever shows up here, if they do so first, they'll have to be a lot more intelligent than us. I think this is another belief, even as they approach our intelligence, assuming at the moment, at least we are the smartest ones we know. We trend towards good. And so maybe it'll sharpen, we'll teach us interesting things. Or we'll make great pets.

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