the opportunity cost of fighting over Earth’s resources may be far higher than the cost of just… going elsewhere
If you’re an individual or a marauding horde or whatever with a low replication or expansion rate then sure. But I don’t know, algae doesn’t think, “Oh, I will leave this slightly contested region alone in favour of open territory”, it just replicates and grabs what it can of all available resources.
If you’re an individual or a marauding horde or whatever with a low replication or expansion rate then sure. But I don’t know, algae doesn’t think, “Oh, I will leave this slightly contested region alone in favour of open territory”, it just replicates and grabs what it can of all available resources.