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Re:Two scientists quietly revolutionising the study and prac... by zimpenfish on Friday October 13, 2017 @10:07AM (#15465779)
Ah but what if, by torturing that person, you annoy the aliens who are just about to visit the planet and they decide to wipe out the entire human race and turn the planet to molten slag?

Now you, by "saving" a city, have condemned the entire human race to extinction.

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Re:Two scientists quietly revolutionising the study and prac... by jacobush on Friday October 13, 2017 @08:32PM (#15470043)
I can totally see how that would play out.

"Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

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