The greater number of civilizations you imagine existing in the galaxy, the greater the odds of one or more of them being VERY Darwinian and very gung ho on the idea they are the fittest and they want to survive by filling all the niches in the galaxy.
That's how lifeforms usually work. Aggressors win the petri dish, peacniks get eaten.
And at a certain level of technology, the galaxy itself starts to look like a petri dish . . .
That's how lifeforms usually work. Aggressors win the petri dish, peacniks get eaten.
And at a certain level of technology, the galaxy itself starts to look like a petri dish . . .
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
