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Re:Ask HN: What super projects could unite humanity? by arethuza on Thursday September 30, 2010 @06:43AM (#1742851)
If we have to invent an enemy alien civilization can I suggest we decide to go to war with the Culture?

Think of it: godless, drug-using communists in space!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture

[NB I've always suspected that Iain M. Banks is a Special Circumstances agent - installing an author to write "fiction" about themselves is exactly the kind of sneaky thing the Culture would do]. ;-)

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Re:Ask HN: What super projects could unite humanity? by arethuza on Thursday September 30, 2010 @07:53AM (#1742970)
And if they do exist, which of course they don't, quite a lot of people might just decide they rather like the idea of the Culture and immediately defect/surrender.

I know what I would do given the choice!

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Re:Ask HN: What super projects could unite humanity? by Aetius on Thursday September 30, 2010 @10:16AM (#1743311)
Traitor!
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Re:Ask HN: What super projects could unite humanity? by arethuza on Thursday September 30, 2010 @10:46AM (#1743412)
If it means I get to belong to the Culture, yes!
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Re:Ask HN: What super projects could unite humanity? by tomjen3 on Thursday September 30, 2010 @08:06AM (#1742992)
There doesn't seem to be much reason to go to war with them though - wouldn't it be more likely that the entire earth would unite to convince them to let us join?
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