Why We_ve Never Seen Most of Our Closest Stars Has a Disturbing Answer
The unsettling answer is that we've likely been looking for the wrong signals, or the cosmos is simply far more dangerous than we admit. The "Berserker Hypothesis" suggests self-replicating machines were created to destroy all biological life, leaving a graveyard of dead civilizations . The "Dark Forest Theory" proposes every civilization hides to avoid being exterminated by a more advanced predator . Perhaps we're just boring; advanced species may plateau, seeing interstellar travel as not worth the cost .
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