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Supposing that we can, this seems like a plausible explanation for the Fermi Paradox.

• idlewords 4y ago
  What, you think the simulators didn't want to pay for Simulator Pro and instead stuck with the one-civilization free tier?
  • paranoidrobot 4y ago
    Or maybe this is just a CI test run isolated environment. > Test run #896643 for commit hash... > Comment: Altering initial seed value for Sol, trying to fix issue where intelligent life fails to maintain stable planetary environment.
• p-e-w 4y ago
  Here's a far more plausible one: Large-scale space exploration and space engineering are ultimately not worth it, and any sufficiently advanced civilization eventually realizes this. The meme that "civilizations need ever more resources" is a reflection of humanity's past two centuries, not some universal truth.
  • throwaway3286 4y ago
    Maybe they eventually figured out of how to hack the simulation, and have every resource they could possiblity want?