So, as a big fan of orbitals, I might accuse some of "planetary chauvanism".

However, there's also the opposite, all you "space-ship-chauvanists"

https://www.universetoday.com/156081/civilizations-dont-even-need-space-ships-to-migrate-from-star-system-to-star-system/

Basically, the idea is to hitch rides on rogue planets and/or comets and stuff, instead of using space ships (like some morons, I guess we are).

Still ... not as radical as my own pet idea of interstellar X-ray laser lithography. My idea is to create probes in situ using extreme long range X-ray lasers, carving up probes and all their electronics directly out of iron-nickel asteroids. I've been most heavily leaning into this idea in recent years, out of desperation because all relativistic interstellar propulsion concepts require so much energy and power.

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