The Unsettling Explanation Of The Dark Forest Hypothesis: Why Aliens Haven't Made Contact
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Answers to the paradox range from the optimistic to the downright frightening.
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The Dark Forest Theory of the Universe, by E. Alderson
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The Fermi paradox was created by geniuses over lunch - Big Think
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Dark Forest: Should We NOT Contact Aliens?
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Becky Chambers on why the best aliens are just a little bit human - Vox
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Dark Forest theory: why haven't we met any aliens yet? - Orbital Today
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Dark Forest theory: A terrifying explanation of why we haven't heard from aliens yet : r/aliens
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Fermi paradox - Wikipedia
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