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Re:Alien hunters have spent 60 years finding new solutions f... by adrianN on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @03:21AM (#29401867)
The absolute scale for other species is more like "is a pet" vs "is not a pet". Humans kill other humans without too much hesitation if they can convince themselves that those other humans are sufficiently different from their in-group.
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Re:Alien hunters have spent 60 years finding new solutions f... by GoblinSlayer on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @04:01AM (#29402055)
Parochial altruism is an adaptation to resource scarcity and danger. An advanced civilization will be less affected by such problems.
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Re:Alien hunters have spent 60 years finding new solutions f... by adrianN on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @04:57AM (#29402310)
I think it's quite risky to assume anything about alien psychology.
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Re:Alien hunters have spent 60 years finding new solutions f... by GoblinSlayer on Thursday December 02, 2021 @03:25AM (#29413760)
Agnosticism is useless for the purpose of decision making, it only suggests that all decisions are equally good.
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Re:Alien hunters have spent 60 years finding new solutions f... by adrianN on Thursday December 02, 2021 @05:22AM (#29414455)
I suggest acting according to worst case assumptions, not weighing probabilities equally.
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Re:Alien hunters have spent 60 years finding new solutions f... by GoblinSlayer on Friday December 03, 2021 @03:52AM (#29427981)
Worst case is when you choose a wrong strategy.
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