/sci/ - Science & Math

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A type 3 civilization that has mastered interstellar travel and megastructure engineering would have better ways of harvesting energy.

This is common sense.
Think of the staggering amounts of energy needed to mine the staggering amounts of resources you would need to build a Dyson swarm and place it in orbit.

It's like asking why Humans haven't built giant steampunk airships for air travel. Because by the time we figured out how we would build one of those technology had advanced beyond them. An Airbus can house as many people and travel at speeds much faster and safer than any airship.

The challenges involved in building a dyson sphere are so staggering that the technology required to build them would be more advanced than the Dyson Sphere itself.