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    The Fermi paradox is the discrepancy between the lack of conclusive evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life and the apparently high likelihood of its...
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  • the Fermi-Hart paradox. Concerning Hart's contributions to the study of the paradox, Geoffrey A. Landis writes: "A more proper name for [the paradox] would...
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  • Dark forest hypothesis (category Fermi paradox)
    undetected civilization. It is one of many possible explanations of the Fermi paradox, which contrasts the lack of contact with alien life with the potential...
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  • hypothesis (which was named after the novel), a possible solution to the Fermi paradox, though similar theories have been described as early as 1983. In a...
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  • Great Filter (category Fermi paradox)
    exceedingly rare. The Great Filter is one possible resolution of the Fermi paradox. The concept originates in Robin Hanson's argument that the failure...
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  • fully described. In 2015, Gurzadyan and Penrose also discussed the Fermi paradox, the apparent contradiction between the lack of evidence but high probability...
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    Enrico Fermi Institute, the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the Fermi paradox, and the synthetic element...
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  • Look up Fermi paradox in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Fermi paradox, named after Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi, is the apparent contradiction...
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  • In physics or engineering education, a Fermi problem (or Fermi quiz, Fermi question, Fermi estimate), also known as a order-of-magnitude problem (or order-of-magnitude...
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  • Berserker hypothesis (category Fermi paradox)
    hypothesis: it is entirely compatible with all the facts and logic of the Fermi paradox, but would mean that there exists no intelligent life left to be discovered...
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