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by mountainboy 1530 days ago
hypothesis: the great filter is simply an adequate understanding of physics. The galaxy (and beyond?) is happily chattering away using physics we do not understand. We are a pre-contact tribe in the jungle completely unaware of the "radio" signals passing all around us. Once we understand the principles, we can build such a radio and participate.
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So "inadequate", not "adequate", right?
I for one look forward to chatting on ultrawave and being allied with the Transcend
Is this falsifiable?