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#292 – Robin Hanson: Alien Civilizations, UFOs, and the Future of Humanity

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The Return to Panespermia Siblings

Mametic theory says we only feel this way about things that are very close to us. But if they want to be at the top of our status hierarchy to get us to follow them, they can't be too distant. And not reveal much that Clint East would call boy. I mean, say, we're clever enough that we can figure out their agenda. That is just from the fact that we're here. We already wanted to be able to regulate and have a central community. Here are these very advanced smart aliens who have survived for 100 million years. And they're telling us not to expand either. This is brilliant. The return to panespermia siblings: How would

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