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I think the book specifically and explicitly covered the "dark forest doesn't apply when species are near one another" angle.
by irl_zebra 6mo ago
I think the book specifically and explicitly covered the "dark forest doesn't apply when species are near one another" angle.
- zhoujing204 6mo agoHow far is "near," really? Human civilization took tens of thousands of years just to discover a new continent, and the ocean back then was essentially as vast and impenetrable as space is today. If we ever actually develop near-lightspeed spacecraft, are we seriously assuming the first thing we'd do is build weapons capable of annihilating entire civilizations — and then actually use them? Oh my god, we already have those weapons, and the most likely target has always been ourselves.