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by outworlder 1898 days ago
Frankly, this could be the Great Filter.
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jschwartzi 1898 days ago
This kind of thing is what eventually kills off Brewer's Yeast. The individual yeast cells keep making sugar into alcohol until the alcohol concentration is so great that they kill each other off.
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jwdunne 1897 days ago
You know what, that is a fascinating analogy and microcosmic explanation of the Great Filter. I’ve never thought of that before.
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mycall 1897 days ago
No, that is Facebook right now :)
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