Kevlak: Science Unit Blarkblark, your report on the Sol system?

Blarkblark: Eight planets circle a mainline yellow star.

Kevlak: So nothing interesting then?

Blarkblark: Well, there is something that confuses me.

Kevlak: Elaborate.

Blarkblark: The third planet harbors life.

Kevlak: That’s hardly unusual.

Blarkblark: The dominant species on this planet…

Kevlak: Get on with it.

Blarkblark: They made their planet hotter, then decided they didn’t like it hotter, so they built devices to make their planet colder.

Kevlak: Seems reasonable enough.

Blarkblark: But they never stopped what made it hotter.

Kevlak: Doesn’t that act against their purposes?

Blarkblark: It gets stranger. The devices also make their planet hotter.