• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      This is also an idea behind the Dark Forest Hypothesis

      I think that’s less about warp-speed weapons and more about natural resource constraints and the unpredictable nature of technological advancement causing advanced civilizations to preemptively obliterate one another.

      But yes, the only practical defense against superluminal weaponry would be to avoid getting spotted.