[Oh, now she does laugh, even though the thought that comes to mind isn't truly funny.]

Had only your theory applied to the Allagan Empire. Though they foundered due to a collapse of a great work of their Emperor's, that work was sabotaged rather than misguided, and even in their absence, their many works have maintained such function and ability as to affect and even plague the star even five thousand years afterward. Even the harshest of eyes cannot describe their incredible knowledge and skill as clumsy. Had it been, perhaps far less calamity would have come to mankind.