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Aren't you hypothesizing aliens + making human whims seem like universal goals? I don't think there needs to be an easier source of energy than solar to justify
by Trundle 10y ago
Aren't you hypothesizing aliens + making human whims seem like universal goals? I don't think there needs to be an easier source of energy than solar to justify not tapping stars, just lack of desire.
- derekp7 10y agoThis is kind of like how we currently have 8tb drives, but many systems are shipping with 128 or 256gb drives. In that case, the trade-off is for the speed of SSDs.
- dogma1138 10y agoOr lack of ability if FTL is completely impossible relativity puts a limit on the size of a civilization. And the universe can easily out a time limit on it as well because extinction events can happen. Even if we move onto mars a GRB would cook all of us. And even if it's something considerably more boring then expanding to other planets or even star systems might not save a civilization from collapsing.