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I have a variant theory of the Fermi Paradox. It's not just that it's hard, expensive, and possibly pointless to travel to other stars, it's that once a civilization gets to the point where it would be possible to do space travel, there's excessive friction from sociopaths.
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Internet griefers descended on an epilepsy support message board last weekend and used JavaScript code and flashing computer animation to trigger migraine headaches and seizures in some users.
I have a variant theory of the Fermi Paradox. It's not just that it's hard, expensive, and possibly pointless to travel to other stars, it's that once a civilization gets to the point where it would be possible to do space travel, there's excessive friction from sociopaths.
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