Dark forest hypothesis
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title:
Dark forest hypothesis
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The dark forest hypothesis is the conjecture that many alien civilizations exist throughout the universe, but they are both silent and hostile, maintaining their undetectability for fear of being destroyed by another hostile and undetected civilization. It is one of many possible explanations of the Fermi paradox, which contrasts the lack of contact with alien life with the potential for such contact. The hypothesis derives its name from Liu Cixin's 2008 novel The Dark Forest, although the conce
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Hypothesis for why alien life has not been discovered
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_forest_hypothesis
date created:
2022-10-17T16:30:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T02:06:51Z
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