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Guadaloopy

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  1. It's fiction, but I thought that The Dark Forest (second book of Cixin Liu's Three Body Problem series) did an elegant (and terrifying) job of explaining the Fermi paradox with the maxims of cosmic sociology. Survival is the primary need of civilization Civilization continuously grows and expands, but the total matter in the universe remains constant. Combining these two maxims with game theory leads to the conclusion that the surest path for survival in the universe is to remain completely undetected. Once you have achieved sufficient technology to make yourself known in the universe, other civilizations will logically view you as a technologically competent competitor for the finite resources (matter) in the universe. In this scenario, there are two paths for survival. The first is to remain completely undetected and carefully develop technology in a manner such that you remain undetected. The second is that you immediately obliterate any civilization that you detect lest they detect and destroy you first.
  2. It's perfectly consistent. Serak would absolutely engage in a campaign of misinformation to sow confusion, doubt, and fear prior to arrival. BTW... this is an exceptionally entertaining thread. Keep it up, gang!
  3. I mean, yeah, there are definitely some negative aspects of this whole "being connected to the entirety to human knowledge by a device that fits comfortably in your pocket", but net negative? You've got to have a pretty narrow view to come away with that take.
  4. That sentence is pregnant. I kept waiting for the period that didn't come.
  5. I fucking hate that pitch framing is taught and lauded as a skill. It's intentionally exploiting the weaknesses in the system to manipulate an umpire into an incorrect call. Oh, your catcher is really good at cheating the system? Yay, I guess. Please bring us robot umps and end this farce.
  6. "It was the 3rd of June, another sleepy, dusty, delta day."
  7. Love the puppy pics. Ody: Penny:
  8. And the M’s move the runner on the first pitch. That’s why they’re in first and the Astros continue to suck shit through a straw.
  9. Very good to great and a worthy prequel for Fury Road. I loved that they were able to come up with even more original ways to attack a convoy after going so hard with Fury Road.
  10. Alright. I’m out on the season until Abreu is gone.
  11. Of course Abreu’s in the middle of the meltdown.
  12. …but not really.
  13. That was not fun to watch. Get ‘em tomorrow, boys. At least they didn’t lose ground in this shit heap of a division.
  14. Alex had zero chance.
  15. He’s way off his game right now.
  16. Does not compute. If he can pitch, why is he a bright green light in CF for baserunners.
  17. Blanco’s back on Sunday. Just saying.
  18. Fuck you guys since I now have to spend the next 20 minutes cleaning chili mango salad off of my monitor.
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