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		ithkuil 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Satellites reveal heat leaking from largest US cry... I wonder if it's illogical to think that all civilizations must always pick the most logical of the options

yetihehe 1 day ago [–]

Those civilisations that make too much illogical choices probably die off.

ithkuil 1 day ago | [–]

True. But it's not a binary choice. All it takes is to make one sub-optmial choice for the universe to be filled up with von-neuman probes in all star systems

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