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#581 - Neil deGrasse Tyson - Understanding The Wonders Of Science

Modern Wisdom

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The Great Filter Hypothesis

The Great Filter hypothesis suggests that civilizations tend to not get passed a line in the sand. It would be, well, this is a variant on it, but I think it's a little more present. You want to go colonize planets. So you go out and do that too. Well, I can't colonize your planet because you, I got to find a different planet. There will be a point where there aren't enough planets to be colonized. And now people want to colonize each other's planets, creating a level of conflict.

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