Even given other technological civilisations existing, putting “matter and energy manipulation tops out a little above our current cutting edge” at 5% is way off.
There’s a lot you can do on the surface of a clement planet, and a lot you can do in a solar system without replicators that eat everything. Also depends on what you mean by ‘above’.
Even given other technological civilisations existing, putting “matter and energy manipulation tops out a little above our current cutting edge” at 5% is way off.
Way off in which direction?
There’s a lot you can do on the surface of a clement planet, and a lot you can do in a solar system without replicators that eat everything. Also depends on what you mean by ‘above’.