• snooggums
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    111 year ago

    Money represents effort and resources, so while it is worded flippant it is a valid point that we shouldn’t assume interplanetary flight is just a weekend away for aliens.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      We don’t know the conditions on that theoretical alien world. They could be post-scarcity, or alternatively, they could be threatened to the extent that no cost is too high.

      • snooggums
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        61 year ago

        He is saying there is no reason to assume they have reached that point just to explain something that is most likely a misunderstanding of something mundane.