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One proposed solution to the Fermi Paradox suggests that intelligent civilizations remain silent by necessity. Advanced ...

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The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) has long been a topic of fascination. However, a new study available on ...

For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent tropes. There's the invasion by a warlike ...

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Imagine a point in a sci-fi story where someone starts to think aloud, “What if we treat the machine like a person?” Can’t ...