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by nojvek 2954 days ago
> Since then, I'm not surprised, given what horrors we do to living animals, that we are ready to do them to each other.

I sometimes think this is why we don’t see any intelligent civilizations out there. Intelligence gives rise to deceitfulness and eventually, one selfish actor can bring down an entire civilization intentionally or unintentionally since the weapons get so powerful.