What do you think would finally be their, “Enough, we gotta say something!” situation?

Edit:
Put another way, what might serve as a cosmic icebreaker?

  • GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    All it takes is one civilization to shoot off their mouth and get destroyed by a much more advanced neighbor, in some way that doesn’t look quite natural. That will tend to confirm the cosmic paranoia.

    • Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
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      11 months ago

      As I said elsewhere: that’s no longer a dark forest. The moment one civilisation speaks up, they all know they’re not alone. Then they’re in a different universe, one where there’s no longer a paradox because they’ve found each other.