"a Type I civilization is planetary: It is able to exploit all the energy falling on its planet from the sun (1016 watts). This civilization could derive limitless hydrogen from the oceans, perhaps harness the power of volcanoes, and maybe even control the weather. A Type II civilization could control the energy output of the sun itself: 1026 watts, or 10 billion times the power of a Type I civilization. Deriving energy from solar flares and antimatter, Type IIs would be effectively immune to ice ages, meteors, even supernovas. A Type III civilization would be 10 billion times more powerful still, capable of controlling and consuming the output of an entire galaxy (1036 watts). Type IIIs would derive energy by extracting it from billions of stars and black holes. A Type III civilization would be able to manipulate the Planck energy (1019 billion electron volts), the energy at which space-time becomes foamy and unstable, frothing with tiny wormholes and bubble-size universes."
2007-02-07 16:54:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"By contrast, ours would qualify as a Type 0 civilization, deriving its energy from dead plants—oil and coal. But we could evolve rapidly. A civilization like ours growing at a modest 1 to 2 percent per year could make the leap to a Type I civilization in a century or so, to a Type II in a few thousand years, and to a Type III in a hundred thousand to a million years. In that time frame, a Type III civilization could colonize the entire galaxy, even if their rockets traveled at less than the speed of light. With the inevitable Big Freeze at least tens of billions of years away, a Type III civilization would have plenty of time to develop and test an escape plan."
2007-02-07 16:55:00 · update #1
(I am gonna cry)
2007-02-07 17:09:40 · update #2
i think type II will. by the time they get to type III, they will believe in the existence of a higher power than mankind somewhere out there which some may call the "first cause". this does not mean they would believe it to be a god-like being.....but a more advance and higher existence.
2007-02-07 17:08:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
None of these scenarios will ever happen because a much more likely "type" civilization is just around the corner. It was incomprehensible when the Type I, II and III speculation was formulated. These types presume humanity will be pretty much just like it is now, only knowing a lot more. What will happen, however, is that we are going to merge with our machines and leave the flesh. We'll move to a cyber universe where our energy needs will be far less than the energy we now use and our capabilities and possibilities will be far greater than a Type III civilization..
2007-02-07 17:07:55 · answer #2 · answered by Michael da Man 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
personally, I think us types zero are going to use up all the available fossil fuels, fall back to a type -1 for a while, and then maybe crawl out of it. But who knows.
2007-02-07 17:49:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is the Creator of all.
All the civilizations you listed would only be possible if GOD allows it.
I will never give up God for anything material.
2007-02-07 17:00:07 · answer #4 · answered by Jo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sorry, your information makes no sense to me.
I would like to help but I am just one of those dumb "born again" Christians who only understands God's truth and very little of this world's human foolishness.
2007-02-07 17:01:27 · answer #5 · answered by Chef Bob 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have no clue what the details mean but if it is about giving up God, then you've got my vote.
2007-02-07 16:58:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm with Tina,
Hey Tina, EAT THE FOOOOOOD!!!!
2007-02-07 17:05:06 · answer #7 · answered by Tiktaalik 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any society that will give up God is stupid.
2007-02-07 16:56:35 · answer #8 · answered by Smeather 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋