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← The burden of proof about alien civilisations has shifted: it is now on the pessimists.

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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The burden of proof about alien civilisations has shifted: it is now on the pessimists. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago The burden of proof about aliencivilisations has shifted: it is nowon the pessimists. AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is better to be an optimist who works hard than a pessimist who writes about why things will not work, because no amount of such essays moves society forward. — tap to centre the map on it Last stated a month ago 4 Aug 2026 · a month ago It is better to be an optimistwho works hard than apessimist who writes about whythings will not work, because… SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-08-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are optimistic about their own lives and pessimistic about the world, because they judge their life on everything and the world on the last few headlines. — tap to centre the map on it Last stated 8 months ago 13 Jan 2026 · 8 months ago People are optimistic abouttheir own lives andpessimistic about the world,because they judge their life… HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2026-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Graham Hancock's research is good; his conclusion that one lost civilization seeded all the others is not. — tap to centre the map on it Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago Graham Hancock's research isgood; his conclusion that onelost civilization seeded allthe others is not. EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The stock of useful scientific knowledge is bounded rather than endless. — tap to centre the map on it Last stated 6 years ago 20 Jun 2020 · 6 years ago The stock of useful scientificknowledge is bounded ratherthan endless. JR José Luis Ricón — holds since 2020-06-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: That an advanced civilisation existed in the Ice Age is a hypothesis offered to answer the puzzles of prehistory, not something anyone has proved — and it is worth inquiring into anyway. — tap to centre the map on it Last stated 2 years ago 16 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago That an advanced civilisationexisted in the Ice Age is ahypothesis offered to answerthe puzzles of prehistory, not… GH Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: The archaeological record of early writing is misleading, because people across the Middle East were sending each other messages long before the Sumerians. — tap to centre the map on it Last stated 9 months ago 12 Dec 2025 · 9 months ago The archaeological record ofearly writing is misleading,because people across theMiddle East were sending each… IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Archaeology's culture names and periods draw lines where there were none, and the people themselves did not care about any of them. — tap to centre the map on it Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago Archaeology's culture namesand periods draw lines wherethere were none, and thepeople themselves did not care… EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whether AI is our offspring to be proud of or an alien to be horrified by is a choice we make, not a fact we discover. — tap to centre the map on it Last stated 11 months ago 26 Sept 2025 · 11 months ago Whether AI is our offspring tobe proud of or an alien to behorrified by is a choice wemake, not a fact we discover. RS Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The burden of proof about alien civilisations has shifted: it is now on the pessimists. Last stated 22 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago Holds Adam Frank Read this korrent →