The Quiet Cosmos: Exploring the Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter

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Enrico Fermi’s idea is that because the universe is so huge and full of potential life, we should have found signs of intelligent civilizations by now, but we haven’t, possibly due to a Great Filter, limits of detection, or civilizations choosing not to broadcast.

The Fermi Paradox: If the Universe Is So Big, Where Is Everyone?
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The Fermi Paradox: If the Universe Is So Big, Where Is Everyone?

On a quiet afternoon in the summer of 1950, the physicist Enrico Fermi posed a question that would echo through decades of scientific thought and cultural ...