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The Skeptics Guide #1014 - Dec 14 2024

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Discovering Deuterium: Signs of Advanced Civilizations

This chapter investigates the potential of deuterium fusion as a sustainable energy source for advanced civilizations and how it could create a detectable signature over time. It examines the implications of deuterium depletion in interstellar space, and how this could indicate the existence of long-lived extraterrestrial life. The conversation challenges assumptions regarding resource management and technology in the search for alien civilizations, sparking curiosity about the complexities of energy consumption in the universe.

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