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by Florin_Andrei 4199 days ago
> Intelligent life tends towards simulation, rather than expansion.

Someone didn't take the Internet away from them when they were young, so they grew addicted to it. Bunch of navel-gazing nerds.

> Intelligent life is actually very dumb on a macro scale, and falls prey to Malthusian collapse, either by falling into a significant energy gap or by destroying their biosphere.

Looking at the Homo "Sapiens" species with a critical eye, I fear this is the most likely explanation.