Having studied it in some detail, I think that's a naive read.https://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/770423329434009600 …
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Distances in 1500s were too great for exploited, not for exploiters.
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yeah, but disease and unintentional destruction just as likely. If we went looking for life, we may step on some ants.
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No distance is too great to halt resource needs, depending on the price
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Yes, also the classic plucky traders trope. No one's going to haul effing *wheat* from star to star.
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but what if wheat RNA cures their version of cancer?
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Think it would be easier to just make the diamonds here. Ask
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Aztecs thought the same thing.
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Unless you have cracked faster-than-light transportation.
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That's a reasonable statement based on reasonable assumptions and what we currently understand. But what don't we ken?
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I.e., "the problem with aliens is that they're alien" + it's the things you don't know that you don't know that bite you
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