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On War And The Fermi Paradox

Some polemology to inform the 'toy model'

Dec 30, 2025
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British astronomer and associate professor at Columbia University David Kipping, host of the Cool Worlds YouTube channel, published a speculative paper this month to propose what he calls the Eschatian Hypothesis: “that the first confirmed detection of an extraterrestrial technological civilization is most likely to be an atypical example, one that is u…

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