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DanielLC comments on Open thread, July 29-August 4, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 02 August 2013 08:41:20PM 2 points [-]

So does that imply that a rapidly expanding resource-saving FAI would go around extinguishing stars?

Comment author: DanielLC 03 August 2013 03:23:38AM 1 point [-]

I suspect using them is more likely. They certainly aren't going to just let them keep wasting fuel. Not unless they have the opportunity to prevent even more waste. For example, they will send out probes to other systems before worrying too much about this system.