Why Finding Aliens Could Doom Humanity

The "Great Filter" is a pivotal idea in astrobiology. It may very well explain the Fermi Paradox. Today we explore what it is, some candidates for it's cause, and the shocking consequences it implies with respect to our future detections. Written & presented by David Kipping, edited by Jorge Casas...

27 min - Space & the Universe - Cool Worlds

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