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Why are low mass stars the most useful for a galactic civilization? Why expect usefulness to cause absolute bias rather than a moderate one?
by cwkoss 4y ago
Why are low mass stars the most useful for a galactic civilization?
Why expect usefulness to cause absolute bias rather than a moderate one?
- dima_vm 4y agoLow mass stars live much longer, have larger habitable zones, and emit less ionizing radiation (ultraviolet, x-rays).
- eru 4y agoSure. But at most that would mean that you colonies low mass stars first. Not that you only colonies them.
- dima_vm 4y agoMaybe it would mean "no go" to colonization at all, who knows. For example, when all oceans boil out on Earth in 500m years or so, it might become useless for colonization. Natural resources are way easier to get from asteroids/comets/moons.
- eru 4y agoYes, it's not necessary to colonise planets. But you will still want to colonise around stars: they have plenty of free energy. (In addition you can also colonise between stars, of course.)