you understand each living being is a molecule factory for very specific and complex compounds, right? humans use fungi to produce alcohol instead of deriving it chemically from rocks followed by a fuckton of tedious reactions. we use plant compounds on most medicines and ointments. you can use highly regenerative fish tissue to heal severe burn wounds. each organism is a biomolecule factory with the capacity to replicate itself. you can make the production of any biomolecule as small or as big as you want by simply letting the organism reproduce and giving it room. a single human brain is more complex than almost all computers in the world combined. and unlike most of the universe, living beings aren't inanimate matter and are far more unique and complex than any other inanimate natural formation, not to mention that stars can't produce all the elements in the periodic table, you actually need intelligent, self-aware technologically advanced beings to construct particle colliders and produce even rarer elements. farming human-like beings is the only way to farm elements heavier than number 94. why *wouldn't* they want us alive?
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