Name: Explain the Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter in 1 minutes
Uploaded: 2024-06-24T22:34:18.000Z
Duration: 57 s
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The Fermi Paradox is named after a physicist Enrico Fermi and highlights the contradiction between the high probability of extraterrestrial life existing in the universe given the vast number of stars and planets and complete lack of evidence for such civilizations.

Relative clauses (Restrictive vs. nonrestrictive)

In 1950s, Fermi famously questioned, where is everybody?

Reflecting on why if the universe is teeming with life, we have not yet encountered any signs of it.

A great filter series offers a potential resolution to the Fermi Paradox.

It suggests that there is a significant barrier or set of barriers in developing of life from its simplest form to becoming a technologically advanced civilization capable of interstellar communication or travel.

 This filter could be so insurmountable that it prevents civilizations from reaching a state where they can make their presence known across the cosmos.