supercivilization en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From super- + civilization.
Meanings
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A very advanced civilization that includes an interstellar presence
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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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| supercivilizations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |