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81. Why Bother Searching for Aliens?

People I (Mostly) Admire

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The Emal Is Pima at Freconomics Dot Com

stephen hawking and jil tartar debate whether we should look for intelligent life or hide ourselves from the universe. The real answer is probably it doesn't matter much either way, because time horizons are so distant that it isn't worth worrying about. Starting in a few weeks, we're going to temporarily shift to releasing new episodes every other week. We can be reached at pima at free economics dot com.

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