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The simplest explanation for why we have never noticed an alien civilization is that there are none out there.

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  1. Sean Carroll

    Theoretical physicist at Johns Hopkins University

    But I think your intuition is right that it would’ve been easy for there to be lots of civilizations then we would’ve noticed them already and we haven’t. Absolutely the simplest explanation for why we haven’t is that they’re not there.

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