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What is Fermi Paradox?
In 1950, the physicist and Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi famously asked his colleagues: “Where are they?”
Given the vastness of the space and how our civilization had evolved, theoretically, there should be some other civlization in the universe that we could somehow see. We have pretty powerful tools and if other intelligent life forms would exist, they would have probably evolved in a similar way we did. Thus, they would also have tools to give or intercept signals.
Yet, where are all these aliens? Why haven’t they contacted us? Are we the most intelligent life form in the entire universe?
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Before or after The Great Filter
The Great Filter might be a solution to the Fermi Paradox.
A civilization might be situated in one of two positions. Before or after this Great Filter.
Being before the filter means that the civilization hasn’t yet overcame the final challenge, which could be anything. For humanity, i...
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What if we passed The Great FWhat if we passed The Great Filter?
Can we be after the filter?
What if the biggest challenge for a civilization is developing a consciousness?
What if that final point is just evolving from a bacteria into a more complex life form?
What if not discovering fire or electricity means extinction?
What if no oth...
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The Great Filter
Well, the answer of the above question might be yes!
The Great Filter is a terrifying concept. It states that civilizations must overcome certain challenges in order for them to survive. These challenges might vary based on where the life took form, however, every civilization gets to a poi...
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Do you ever wonder if we are alone in the Universe? Do you ask yourself why we don’t see extraterrestrial beings? This might answer these questions.
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The Fermi Paradox
The Fermi Paradox states that given the technological advancement and imperialistic desires of human beings who live in a fairly young planetary system, aliens from other highly advanced star systems should have visited earth already and even conquered the Milky Way galaxy if they desired.
Why questioning is becoming extinct ?
Somehow, we've defined the goal of schooling as enabling you to have more 'right answers than the person next to you. And we penalize incorrect answers. And we do this at a pace-especially now, in this highly focused test-prep universe-where we don't have time for extraneous ques...
What is not up to us?
Well, everything else. The weather, the economy, circumstances, other people’s emotions or judgments, disasters.
We always wish we would never struggle, we do our best to avoid trouble. What great people do is the opposite. They are their best in these situations. They turn persona...
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