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Solving Fermi's Paradox (Hardcover)
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Solving Fermi's Paradox (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Astrobiology
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The search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI) has for sixty
years attempted to solve Fermi's paradox: if intelligent life is
relatively common in the universe, where is everybody? Examining
SETI through this lens, this volume summarises current thinking on
the prevalence of intelligent life in the universe, and discusses
sixty-six distinct solutions to the so-called paradox. It describes
the methodology of SETI, and how many disciplines feed into the
debate, from physics and biology, to philosophy and anthropology.
The presented solutions are organised into three key groups:
rare-Earth solutions, suggesting planetary habitability, life and
intelligence are uncommon; catastrophist solutions, arguing
civilisations do not survive long enough to make contact; and
non-empirical solutions, those that take theoretical approaches,
such as that our methodology is flawed. This comprehensive
introduction to SETI concludes by looking at the future of the
field and speculating on humanity's potential fate.
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