Quote Originally Posted by Roobydo View Post
I could easily build a longevity parameter into the model, if it would make you happy.
The issue is that it is an *assumption*. How do you, for instance, differentiate between long lived but not terribly expansive civilizations versus civilizations that just die out?

But it's not like you'd read that paper anyway, since it appears blog articles are all you require to be satisfied with your understanding of a topic under discussion.
You linked to the article. If it didn't properly represent your argument, some clarification would have been helpful. My concern is that, from the article, it sounded like the argument was very similar to ones I've already read (and no, not just blog entries) that make too many untestable assumptions.

But I'm not against reading your article. Is there a download location?