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turchin comments on If there IS alien super-inteligence in our own galaxy, then what it could be like? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Coacher 01 March 2016 06:03:13PM 0 points [-]
  1. This looks far fetched, but interesting strategy. Does it perhaps ever occur in nature? I.e. do any predators wait for their prey to become stronger/smarter, before luring them into the trap?

  2. I guess they could, but to what end?

  3. Why wait?

Comment author: turchin 01 March 2016 08:19:57PM 0 points [-]
  1. Andamanese ))
  2. Maybe alien nanobots control part of the galaxy which is concurred by host civilization and prevent any other civilization to invade or appear.
  3. Observational selection: we could find our selves only in civilization which berserkers have high attack treshold (or do not exist).