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The dark forest hypothesis gives us a terrifying explanation for the Fermi
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The dark forest hypothesis gives us a terrifying explanation for the Fermi
P a r a d o x . I t s u g g e s t s t h a t a d v a n c e d c i v i l i z a t i o n s w i l l s t a y s i l e n t i n o r d e r t o
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