[Cyphase]

For those who aren't familiar with it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter

> The Great Filter, in the context of the Fermi paradox, is whatever prevents "dead matter" from giving rise, in time, to "expanding lasting life". The concept originates in Robin Hanson's argument that the failure to find any extraterrestrial civilizations in the observable universe implies the possibility something is wrong with one or more of the arguments from various scientific disciplines that the appearance of advanced intelligent life is probable; this observation is conceptualized in terms of a "Great Filter" which acts to reduce the great number of sites where intelligent life might arise to the tiny number of intelligent species with advanced civilizations actually observed (currently just one: human). This probability threshold, which could lie behind us (in our past) or in front of us (in our future), might work as a barrier to the evolution of intelligent life, or as a high probability of self-destruction. The main counter-intuitive conclusion of this observation is that the easier it was for life to evolve to our stage, the bleaker our future chances probably are.

So ZeroBugBounce is wondering if "not agreeing on facts/truth" is the thing (or one of the things) that technologically advanced civilizations experience that filters them out of the running for expanding out into space. E.g. people can't agree on facts, which causes unrest, riots, etc; civilization eventually collapses from it all, and people never make it into space.

[deltron3030]

In design and development, most processes are about sequences of diversion and conversion, and not being able to diverge, or only through violence, seems to be a major flaw of real political systems, there's a toxic fanatism about conversion and unity at all cost, which seems contrary to human evolution.

The last major diversion happened with the creation of the US, where a part that had different ideals split from its european core. the same thing happened throughout our history, starting in Africa from where people spread into the middle east and then beyond.

The options to handle this drive for diversion are either diversion into space, and/or inwards, reformation to gain time until we can spread into space.

Tech shouldn't be used to enforce conversion, but to enable peaceful diversion. Diversion, and diversion of opinion makes sense if there's a free flow of information. Political systems just haven't cought up.