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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by hurrdurr2 on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:50PM (#20216009)
The concept of the dark forest is pretty interesting for sure.

Do we really want to be announcing to the galaxy our presence where malevolent alien species may be present. If they have developed technologically even just a couple hundred or couple thousand years ahead of us we'd be easy pickings.

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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by KineticLensman on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @04:45PM (#20218217)
Greg Bear's The Forge of God explores exactly this issue, as does the sequel Anvil of Stars.
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