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> one of the comments on the article site: "I have yet to see a convincing argument why advanced civilizations would need to constantly expand like bacteria in
by rho4 5y ago
> one of the comments on the article site: "I have yet to see a convincing argument why advanced civilizations would need to constantly expand like bacteria in a petri dish."
E.g. to escape from violence, conflict and war.
- pfdietz 5y agoThe assumption there is that advanced civilizations only do things that they "need" to do. That's not true of any civilization at any point in history. Would an advanced civilization find value in colonization? Very likely -- colonization (biological or machine) is likely the cheapest way to explore another stellar system in detail, with explorers manufactured or born in situ.