> That's a giant claim you just made like it's fact.

You are correct. That is absolutely a thing I did.

But it doesn't make any sense, given we do not have good evidence of alien civilizations, not to mention Dyson spheres.

> But it doesn't make any sense, given we do not have good evidence of alien civilizations, not to mention Dyson spheres.

Also correct. Even past that, we haven't been mass-cataloging stars long enough for a Dyson sphere to be constructed and remove a star from our view.

So why make the initial claim "And we know civilizations can afford those because we can no longer see their stars."? Is it humor or irony I'm missing?

The absurdity of it makes me happy.

Fair enough. Poisoning the well for giggles.

> Fair enough. Poisoning the well for giggles.

One man's poison is the same man's alcohol and mankind revolves around that.

It is especially big claim because there have been recent searches for Dyson Spheres and none of have been found. I think the Gaia spacecraft covered most of the visible half of the galaxy.

Dyson Spheres would be really obvious, emitting infrared radiation unlike normal stars.