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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Bored aliens': has intelligent life stopped bothering trying to contact Earth?

Now, scientists are mulling an intriguing possibility: if aliens exist, their technology may be only marginally better than ours. And having explored their cosmic neighbourhood for a while, they simply got bored and stopped bothering, making it difficult to detect them. The scenario, described in a new paper, embraces the principle of radical mundanity, which shuns the notion of extraterrestrials zipping around the universe after harnessing physics beyond our comprehension.
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fromBig Think
1 week ago

The search for alien life must heed this lesson from Stephen King

Life has existed on Earth for billions of years, prompting major questions about how common life and technological intelligence are elsewhere in the Universe.
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fromFuturism
1 week ago

Scientist Says Galaxies Shining With Radio Signals Could Indicate Numerous Advanced Civilizations

Galaxies with strong radio emissions may result from numerous star-faring civilizations reproducing and broadcasting, producing uneven technosignature distributions across galaxies.
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fromBig Think
3 months ago

The Fermi Paradox has a terrifying answer: The Dark Forest

Intelligent civilizations may exist but remain silent due to fear, as proposed by the Dark Forest Hypothesis.
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fromHarvard Gazette
4 months ago

Maybe the aliens would rather not - Harvard Gazette

We are making notable progress in understanding extraterrestrial life, with one in four stars possessing Earth-like planets.
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fromWIRED
4 months ago

A New Law of Nature Attempts to Explain the Complexity of the Universe

Complexity in the universe increases over time, challenging traditional notions of evolution and suggesting intelligent life may be more common than previously thought.
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