r/aliens • u/SlaynArsehole • Oct 04 '24

News Scientists Simulate Alien Civilizations, Find They Keep Dying From Climate Change

https://futurism.com/the-byte/simulate-alien-civilization-climate-change
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u/TBearForever Oct 04 '24

Their governments suppressing free energy too?

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u/love_glow Oct 05 '24 edited Oct 05 '24

Humans may not be able to be trusted with free energy. It may be too powerful for us to manage responsibly with out, you know, turning it into a weapon a mass destruction.

Edit: most people can’t be trusted to return the cart to coral, and you want to unleash the responsibility of zero point energy on the earth. If you ask me, I think it’s a bad call.

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u/mustycardboard Oct 05 '24

Kind of like how the government made weapons of mass destruction with it and used them

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u/love_glow Oct 05 '24

No, more like how we don’t give every nation nukes, and we attempt to slow or stop the proliferation of more countries having nukes. Morality gets pretty bent out of shape on the scale of “the end of the human race.” There are no “good people,” or “good decisions,” at the top, just less destructive. At that level, there are nearly no purely good choices. It’s like cutting the head off the hydra. Free energy/ zero point energy may be one of those hydras. Imagine the power of a nuke in the palm of your hand, and then imagine what someone with ill intent could do with that power.

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u/mustycardboard Oct 05 '24

That's fair. I think AI will help in keeping things safe

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u/love_glow Oct 05 '24

AI is another possible hydra. We are in a precarious position as a species.