It doesn't pay to be smart in interstellar space - once out of the gravity well, most races lose their sentience in favor of longevity, radiation tolerance and stealth
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Replying to @sfkhjdalkgsafdf and @Royw_
nah blindsight's aliens are still smart, just not conscious (though yeah I could've done with a more precise term than "sentient")
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mutually incompatible I think, though I was careful to say "interstellar space" (the space near stars has tons of energy and visibility, dyson spheres and matryoshka brains aren't out of the question)
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