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		thereddaikon on Dec 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Fermi paradox revisited: Technosignatures and ... Why would they bother making a sim that big if it was empty? Even No Man's Sky is full of cookie cutter creatures.

zhengyi13 on Dec 20, 2022 | [–]

You don't actually make that big a sim.

You just fiddle with the render distance so the sims think it's that big.

detritus on Dec 20, 2022 | [–]

It's more of a psychological experiment, perhaps?

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