supercivilization

noun

A very advanced civilization that includes an interstellar presence

Scrabble 33

Meanings

nounsupercivilization (plural supercivilizations)

plural supercivilizations

  1. A very advanced civilization that includes an interstellar presence
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    The Great Filter interpretation of Fermi's great silence asserts that Npq is not a very large number, where N is the number of potentially life-supporting planets in the observable universe, p is the probability that a randomly chosen such planet develops intelligent life to the level of present-day human civilization, and q is the conditional probability that it then goes on to develop a technological supercivilization visible all over the observable universe.

    2015, Vilhelm Verendel, Olle Häggström, “Fermi's paradox, extraterrestrial life and the future of humanity: a Bayesian analysis”, in arXiv

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