Brian Cox's take on the Great Filter is genuinely unsettling.
We spend a lot of time asking where the aliens are, but the Great Filter turns that question back on us. What if the universe is silent because something stops life from reaching a long-lasting, advanced stage? Maybe the hardest step is behind us. Maybe it is still ahead of us.
That is what makes this idea so chilling. It is not just about alien life. It is about whether intelligence tends to destroy itself, stall out, or fail to endure long enough to matter on a cosmic scale.
Really worth watching:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXfFACs24zU
What do you think the filter is?
#BrianCox #GreatFilter #FermiParadox #Space #Science #Cosmology #Astrophysics
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