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> Why does everyone assume alien races would want to spread out and colonize the universe? ...because organisms (and presumably cultures) without that characte
by randallsquared 7y ago
> Why does everyone assume alien races would want to spread out and colonize the universe?
...because organisms (and presumably cultures) without that characteristic wouldn't be as numerous as otherwise identical organisms which do have that drive, in a given environment.
- StanislavPetrov 7y agoMaybe we don't see them because they aren't as numerous, because they aren't interested in spreading out. Maybe the "drive" to spread out and colonize the universe or the cultures that would encourage that frame of thought are linked to a propensity to wage war or other some other counterproductive behavior that results in extinction before achieving the ability to colonize the stars.