Is ET avoiding us out of a fear of human galactic conquest?
Has ET evolved to be discreet? An evolutionary tendency for inconspicuous aliens would solve a nagging paradox – and also suggest that we Earthlings should think twice before advertising our own existence. As physicist Enrico Fermi argued in 1950, unless the evolution of life is unique to Earth, there must be many intelligent species out…
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Mark Buchanan - New Scientist
In 2033, all marriages will be controlled by dystopian government bureaucrats
In the year 1933 physician Ira S. Wile made some wild predictions about what marriage would look like 100 years in the future. And although it’s not yet 2033, we can still be thankful that his predictions for our world just 22 years from now were wildly off the mark. Dr. Wile imagined a bureau…
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Matt Novak - Paleofuture Blog
