Great Filter
The End Of The World with Josh Clark
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The Great Filter Hypothesis
The Great Filter hypothesis supposes that a handful of steps along the path to life are really, really hard. Oxford University philosopher Toby Ord says if this is true then it means we're the only intelligent life in the universe. But there's another possibility to the Great Filter too: It may also lie just ahead in our future. The big vast universe isn't wasted on us, it's just waiting there for us to use - guilt-free since no one else is around to use it.
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