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Foundation refers to both the series of novels by Isaac Asimov, and the eponymous institute/world. In the series, the fall of a great galactic empire is predicted and only through Psychohistory and the Foundation can a new dark age be avoided.

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Why didn't humans try to settle other galaxies?

TTBOMK Asimov did not give the reason explicitly, but let me suggest that it is because it is obvious to the psycho-historian :) The most important economic law is that of diminishing returns. In ant …
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