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ithkuil
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I wonder if it's illogical to think that all civilizations must always pick the most logical of the options
Supermancho
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Logical and optimum are not the same.
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yetihehe
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Those civilisations that make too much illogical choices probably die off.
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ithkuil
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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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