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Odds of any planet's inhabitants evolving to develop travel to nearby planet: 0.000000000000001% Odds of those two planets destroying each other in resulting war over resources: 99.999999999999999%
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i've always thought this is the most likely one assume any rate of advancement in simulation tech and you come to a point where the brightest minds who might've been advancing space travel are stuck deep inside Eve Online version 1000
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Thought provoking! Still I remain optimistic. It's easy enough to engage a curious mind with reality. Virtual worlds might satisfy our flippant desires, and they will update at increasing speeds, but they do not compare. The best virtual worlds will better prepare us for our own.
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People were never that interested in space travel to begin with. Why would you put that much money into space travel if you could put it into healthcare, social security, etc?
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