Why we aren’t alone in the universe — but might as well be

Are we alone in the universe? The question has tugged at humanity ever since we discovered the enormity of the cosmos. In 1950, Enrico Fermi postulated his famous paradox: If life is common enough in the universe to give rise to us, then where is everybody? Recently, a philosopher has advanced a proposal to resolveContinue reading “Why we aren’t alone in the universe — but might as well be”

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