Anonymous
11/1/2025, 2:16:05 AM
No.16832946
>>16832942
these are a lot of assumptions about a very specific kind of civilization with particular rules tailor-made to making the arecibo answer seem plausible.
what if interstellar travel just isn't that attractive?
would you want to be the first to settle an uninhabited planet with god knows what kind of aliens on it and no existing culture to enjoy and take part in besides the one you bring on the colony ship, which will be inherently inferior to the one you left behind?
FTL isn't real for the same reason perpetual motion machines aren't. they do not have it and never will. same goes for ftl communication.
if you leave your home star, all that's left of everyone you ever knew is an irc chat with a ping of 200 years.
If i had the choice between exploring some random fuckass planet in the middle of nowhere or NEETing it up in my post scarcity orbital habitat around my home star, i know what i'd pick.
these are a lot of assumptions about a very specific kind of civilization with particular rules tailor-made to making the arecibo answer seem plausible.
what if interstellar travel just isn't that attractive?
would you want to be the first to settle an uninhabited planet with god knows what kind of aliens on it and no existing culture to enjoy and take part in besides the one you bring on the colony ship, which will be inherently inferior to the one you left behind?
FTL isn't real for the same reason perpetual motion machines aren't. they do not have it and never will. same goes for ftl communication.
if you leave your home star, all that's left of everyone you ever knew is an irc chat with a ping of 200 years.
If i had the choice between exploring some random fuckass planet in the middle of nowhere or NEETing it up in my post scarcity orbital habitat around my home star, i know what i'd pick.