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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Given how powerful and effective the strategy of cooperation and trust seem to be in humans, I find it extremely likely to be a common strategy.

I also don't think aliens lacking empathy would generally be capable of forming civilizations, so they'd be stuck at the hunter gatherer stage. It is almost a truism that amongst us humans, as empathy and trust in eachother breaks down, civilization stops functioning.