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0 pointsiammyIP8y ago0 comments

'the most logical course of action for any alien discovering another life form, is to destroy it immediately'.

In that case i'd rather be destroyed than share a universe with such a species. I do not think the premise makes sense. It also makes no sense to compare it with the slaughter of native americans, since that has been done by apes in clothes.

Any interstellar spacefaring civilisation should be so advanced that it values construction over destruction.

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pavel_lishin8y ago

You've got a fairly self-fulfilling wish. If we share a universe with Dark Foresters, you'll be destroyed! And if we don't, you won't!

iammyIPOP8y ago

Yes, if it would be code, pretty redundant.

But the main point was that such a zip bomb species would be a fault of the universal system. I don't think it's that stupidly designed.

pavel_lishin8y ago

> I don't think it's that stupidly designed.

I don't think it's designed at all.

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nkrisc8y ago

> In that case i'd rather be destroyed than share a universe with such a species.

Lucky for you, that's exactly what would happen if you shared the universe with such a species.

iammyIPOP8y ago

The underlying system is hopefully much better designed, so this will never occur.

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0 pointsiammyIP8y ago0 comments

'the most logical course of action for any alien discovering another life form, is to destroy it immediately'.

Any interstellar spacefaring civilisation should be so advanced that it values construction over destruction.

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pavel_lishin8y ago

You've got a fairly self-fulfilling wish. If we share a universe with Dark Foresters, you'll be destroyed! And if we don't, you won't!

iammyIPOP8y ago

Yes, if it would be code, pretty redundant.

But the main point was that such a zip bomb species would be a fault of the universal system. I don't think it's that stupidly designed.

pavel_lishin8y ago

> I don't think it's that stupidly designed.

I don't think it's designed at all.

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nkrisc8y ago

> In that case i'd rather be destroyed than share a universe with such a species.

Lucky for you, that's exactly what would happen if you shared the universe with such a species.

iammyIPOP8y ago

The underlying system is hopefully much better designed, so this will never occur.

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