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by glenstein 816 days ago
>The spin is on how it might be best for any species to simply launch some planet killers in the direction of anything that makes noise. Of course I don't believe that.

I had the same question, but more so. Why not just pre-emptively fire everywhere, all the time, 24/7, regardless of whether stuff makes noise? It seems like that would make just as much sense from the dark forest principles. If you wait for noise you're possibly leaving yourself open to existential danger.