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Neil deGrasse Tyson And Charles Liu on the Dark Forest Theory
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10:18Now PlayingIn this highlight, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Paul Mecurio, and Charles Liu discuss audience questions about alien civilizations, the Fermi Paradox, and the famous “Dark Forest” theory from The Three-Body Problem. The conversation explores whether intelligent aliens stay hidden out of fear, how interstellar colonization could lead to conflict, and whether humanity might someday witness evidence of advanced civilizations destroying each other.
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