[ExI] Are Dyson swarms a good idea?

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 27/01/2026 14:51, Jason Resch wrote:
> We see the aliens from the movie independence day as evil for trying to wipe out life on Earth. Is it not an equivalent evil to build a Dyson swarm around an alien star and preclude any chance of life from emerging on any planet in that system?


No it is not.
Doing harm to something which exists is totally different to doing hypothetical harm to something which doesn't exist.

You're talking about the kind of thinking which leads people to conclude that contraception is evil and similar bonkers ideas.

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Ben