You mean the #DarkForest idea postulated by Chinese novelist #LiuCixin over a decade ago???

From: @FSonder
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Frank Sonderborg (@[email protected])

Russian physicist Alexander Berezin, from the National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET), has another idea. He calls it the “First in, last out” solution of the Fermi Paradox. He suggests that once a civilization reaches the capability of spreading across the stars, it will inevitably wipe out all other civilizations. https://www.iflscience.com/physicist-has-a-new-solution-for-the-fermi-paradox-and-its-pretty-worrying-47961

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@neurologo @FSonder

It’s also the underlying plot of ‘The Forge of God’ by Greg Bear from 40 years ago.

The Inhibitors in Alastair Reynolds ‘Reveiation Space’ series are basically the same thing, a primary predatory colonizer hunting and eliminating any potential competitors as soon as they draw attention to themselves.

This is definitely not a particularly new idea.

@neurologo @FSonder thought i had heard it before…
@fishidwardrobe @neurologo To be fair he is saying we are the destroyers. Aliens will be hidding in the dark forest because of us.
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That would be a rational response.