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The Dark Forest Theory Explained

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The reason we haven't found aliens yet might be because they are hiding from something much

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worse. This is the Dark Forest Theory, and it is the most terrifying solution

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to the Fermi Paradox. Imagine the universe is a dark forest at night. It is quiet,

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not because it is empty, but because it is full of silent predators. In this forest,

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every civilization is like an armed hunter stalking through the trees. If a hunter finds

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another life form, they cannot know if it is a friend or a threat. So,

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the safest option is to shoot immediately to ensure their own survival. In this theory,

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the only reason Earth hasn't been destroyed is because we are currently too quiet to be

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