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Old 09-01-2018, 04:28 AM   #20
tanksoldier
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Default Re: [Sci-fi] Plausible scenarios for the evacuation of Earth at TL10-11

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Originally Posted by Seneschal View Post
Well that is terrifying. We put our 1500 best and brightest into space and they kill each other until only seven people survive? Damn, Neal Stephenson, u scary.
“It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.” -- Cormac McCarthy: Blood Meridian

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