Was Oumuamua created by intelligent beings?
Was Oumuamua created by intelligent beings?
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Resolves whenever someone gets around to looking at it close-up, or conclusive evidence is acquired some other way.
"Created" must be pretty directly. If our universe is a simulation created by intelligent beings, but Oumuamua was made by natural processes within the simulation, resolves NO.
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Hmm, how would this resolve if we never get around to looking at 'Oumuamua, but we find other objects that are revealed to be technosignatures with similar properties?
@bens because I highly doubt we'll ever get around to looking at it close-up: https://manifold.markets/JamesSully/will-a-mission-intending-to-interce
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