Hypothesis
The Great Filter
An argument about why a universe with many potential habitats might yield little visible evidence of advanced civilizations.
Author of the 1998 Great Filter working paper linked here.
An argument about why a universe with many potential habitats might yield little visible evidence of advanced civilizations.
Robin Hanson
A theoretical argument about selection effects and difficult transitions; not evidence of a specific cosmic barrier.
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Entity provenance
Provenance · The Great Filter — Are We Almost Past It?