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>>"[..] it was always because there was "something for us" and there was never a complete wipe out of other groups just because." It seems we read different hi
by RobertoG 6y ago
>>"[..] it was always because there was "something for us" and there was never a complete wipe out of other groups just because."
It seems we read different history books.
- raverbashing 6y agoIf you want to further the point provide a counterexample, otherwise it will just sound condescending But I'm all ears on how alien civilizations will engage in costly missions to completely wipe civilizations out of their reach
- RobertoG 6y agoI aimed to sound funny not condescending and, obviously, I failed. Groups wiped just because, would be the jews, the armenians and a long list actually (1). You could argue that some of them is because territorial fights, but is it not that also the reason of the "Three body problem" aliens? About why alien civilizations could decide to engage in this kind of thing: if you are paranoiac enough you can frame it like a preventive attack, if you are reasoning that you will be fighting them for resources in the far future. About how, there are many ways. The most obvious, though expensive, is just accelerate a lot of stuff (ideally antimatter), the closest to light speed as possible, in a interception vector with the undesirable solar system. This is not the kind of thing I was planning to think about in Christmas eve. (1) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genocides_by_death_toll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genocides_by_death_tol...
- raverbashing 6y agoYeah I had though about those cases, but even then there's a "gain" (even if it's a political/imaginary one) and they were of course extremely costly. I agree, it's not a conversation for Christmas Eve, and thanks for actually explaining your point.