That is an answer, but I wish Gough would answer in more detail too. Life forms might indeed make black holes since the matter to energy conversion efficiency is so high. However, evolution is a matter of timing in more than one way. I wonder whether artificial black holes really answer my first question about how early life has to appear. And there is a bootstrapping question. How do you evolve from a universe where life remains too primitive to control black holes *and thus can not affect parameters of new universes* to a universe where life controls black holes? There is no selection pressure for a gradual shift. A life form with limited intelligence simply has no way at all to affect universe evolution. Right?
You can always try to posit that there was enough space for random mutation to find its way up to intelligent technological life, but I agree that itтАЩs not at all self-evident how to handle this.
Because smart life-forms will eventually make their own black holes as power plants.
That is an answer, but I wish Gough would answer in more detail too. Life forms might indeed make black holes since the matter to energy conversion efficiency is so high. However, evolution is a matter of timing in more than one way. I wonder whether artificial black holes really answer my first question about how early life has to appear. And there is a bootstrapping question. How do you evolve from a universe where life remains too primitive to control black holes *and thus can not affect parameters of new universes* to a universe where life controls black holes? There is no selection pressure for a gradual shift. A life form with limited intelligence simply has no way at all to affect universe evolution. Right?
You can always try to posit that there was enough space for random mutation to find its way up to intelligent technological life, but I agree that itтАЩs not at all self-evident how to handle this.