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[โ€“] neo@feddit.de 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In the Kardashev Scale, a Type II Civilization would build a Dyson Sphere

I know there's an methodical thought process behind those things, but mhh... this feels more fiction than science to me.

I'm fine with research, but I'm worried some might use it as a slippery slope into pseudo science.

[โ€“] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 6 months ago

I don't think there's any real risk of that. The media often like to overhype scientific inquiries but all they're doing is looking at existing data