Many physicists have pointed out several flaws in the dark forest theory, which makes for a great read but doesn’t really carry over to the real universe 1:1.

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Schlagbohrer 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Can you point me to more info on that or just tell me? I am curious about reasons to be more optimistic than that book lays out. I would much prefer the Carl Sagan view of the Cosmos as one where it simply makes no physical nor cultural sense at all to be aggressive toward other stellar civilizations.

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graemep 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What flaws? Do they apply to variants such as Greg Bear's and related ideas such as berserkers?

	▲	pavel_lishin 5 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Do Forge of God/Anvil of the Stars differ significantly from pretty bog-standard dark forest scenarios? I don't remember any other of his books that might apply, but I haven't read all of them. (I probably should. What I have read was great.)

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bpodgursky 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Why would physicists have anything useful to say about this theory?

	▲	59percentmore 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Because environment makes culture and physics are the environment at relativistic speeds and cosmic distances.