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      Stars blow themselves up without our intervention all the time. All we need to do is wait, which we seem okay at already…

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          What if, it turns out, that the psychology of an entity capable of contorting as much energy in such a way is also a psychology that would not do so? Say, because to learn as much about the universe, as to be able to treat it by blowing up its stars, you must understand the universe in a way that would reliably demotivate any such action?