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by Robin Hanson. Humanity seems to have a bright future, i.e., a non-trivial chance of expanding to fill the universe with lasting life. But the fact that space near us seems dead now tells us that any given piece of dead matter faces an astronomically low chance of begating such a future.
The concept originates in Robin Hanson 's argument that the failure to find any extraterrestrial civilizations in the observable universe implies that something is wrong with one or more of the arguments (from various scientific disciplines) that the appearance of advanced intelligent life is probable; this observation is conceptualized in terms...
Nov 20, 2020 · And in the 1990s, another possible explanation for our apparent aloneness in the universe was formulated by Robin Hanson — a postulate that has become known as the Great Filter. The...
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Nov 17, 2022 · Economist Robin Hanson first proposed the Great Filter, in the late 1990s. It’s the idea of that – even if life forms abundantly in our Milky Way galaxy – each extraterrestrial civilization...
Dec 4, 2020 · Try-Try or Try-Once Great Filter? - by Robin Hanson. Robin Hanson. Dec 04, 2020. Here’s a simple and pretty standard theory of the origin and history of life and intelligence.
Jul 24, 2020 · A popular one is that there must be “ Great Filter ” that prevents life from reaching an advanced stage of development. Origins. The term was coined by economist Robin Hanson, who is also a...
