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  Ernest Major wrote:

> There are people looking for (and finding) Dyson sphere candidates. And 
> in general variable star searches would turn up the arrangement you 
> describe.

Of all the ideas floated around the Dyson Spheres have to be the
dumbest.

First off, if a civilization keeps growing then you're going to have
to keep building... and building... and building...

You could just colonize another star system or, now get this, control
your population size! One of those two and you've rendered a Dyson
Sphere impractical.

Limit population size and you not only place a cap on energy needs but
food. Shelter. Medicine. Water. Clothing. ANYTHING you can think of!

Makes me speculate on the type of civilization, their earth analogs,
this Dyson Sphere thing...

The most likely civilization of a type that would undergo unchecked
growth and hence the constant need for monumental building projects
would likely resemble our insects. And that's frightening.

"But..but..but I was watching Star Trek and they were nothing like
that!"





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