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		shuger on Aug 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A search for technosignatures around nearby stars > disassembling the stars to make them live a thousand times longer Why would they do that when there are insane amounts of start with billions of years of life ahead of them. What purpose would that serve at this point in time?

ben_w on Aug 17, 2023 | [–]

Even though the numbers are too big for humans to feel them out, the bigger one is bigger than the smaller one.

adastra22 on Aug 17, 2023 | [–]

Because trillions is bigger than billions.

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