Radical Mundanity and the Fermi Paradox: Modest Civilizations and Subtle Signatures
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Dr. Robin Corbet argues that the Fermi paradox may be explained by radical mundanity, meaning alien civilizations are either mundanely advanced or scarce, making galaxy-wide beacons or leakage signals unlikely to be detectable and leaving only a small set of moderately advanced civilizations that could produce detectable signals within historical times.
