There’s something kind of puzzling when you think about life elsewhere in the universe. If intelligent civilizations are possible, and the universe has had billions of years for them to pop up, why don’t we see evidence of them? Maybe intelligent life is just super rare. Maybe it’s really hard to even get simple life started, harder than we think. Or maybe, intelligence itself is tough to evolve. But then again, what if the hardest part actually comes later, after life gets smart? That’s wher...

When we imagine the future, it is easy to focus on technology. We picture smarter machines, breakthroughs in energy, and humans venturing out into space. The headlines are full of advances in artificial intelligence, renewable energy, biotech, and robotics. We all wonder what spectacular things we might build next. But there is another question that is just as important, maybe even more important. What kind of civilization will we become? This question is often quieter and harder to see. Yet...

There is a troubling silence in the universe. When we look up at the stars on a quiet night, the darkness seems peaceful, but scientists see a deeper mystery. With billions of stars in our galaxy and billions of galaxies beyond, planets are now known to be common. Many of them are in regions where life as we know it could thrive. The sheer scale makes it seem likely that intelligent life must exist elsewhere. Yet as we listen and search, we have found nothing definitive. No signals, no artifa...

RT @DataPhenomenon: 🚨Robin Hanson (@robinhanson) the economist behind The Great Filter idea on why advanced civilizations seem rare, has jo…

🚨 Dr David Kipping : "We have no idea what the motives of the ALIENS may be" 👽🛸 The Columbia University Professor just said what scientists are thinking: "It took 4 billion years to go from whatever that first creature was all the way to us. And if that's typical, then Earth doesn't have that long left and it's terrifying." Mind blown yet? Are we alone in the universe? Have we buried the proof of UFO's & ALIEN life? Or is the Great Filter closing in? What’s your take? Drop it below 👇