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Read this korrent: The simplest explanation for why we have never noticed an alien civilization is that there are none out there.
The simplest explanation for why we have never noticed an alien civilization is that there are none out there.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Apr 2024
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Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The visiting-aliens story is incoherent: a civilisation with the technology to stay hidden would not keep being spotted. — tap to centre the map on it
The visiting-aliens story is incoherent: a civilisation with the technology to stay hidden would not keep being spotted.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Dec 2024
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Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There are far fewer alien civilizations than people would like to believe, because the road from bacteria to humans has huge gaps in it. — tap to centre the map on it
There are far fewer alien civilizations than people would like to believe, because the road from bacteria to humans has huge gaps in it.
Last stated 4 years ago
7 Sept 2022
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Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A great filter is a weak explanation for the silence, because it would have to work every single time — one civilization with self-replicating probes could fill the galaxy. — tap to centre the map on it
A great filter is a weak explanation for the silence, because it would have to work every single time — one civilization with self-replicating probes could fill the galaxy.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Apr 2024
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Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: After interviewing hundreds of people inside America's secret military and intelligence programs, there is no reason to believe aliens have ever visited Earth. — tap to centre the map on it
After interviewing hundreds of people inside America's secret military and intelligence programs, there is no reason to believe aliens have ever visited Earth.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2024
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Annie Jacobsen — holds since 2024-03-22 — 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
Graham Hancock's research is good; his conclusion that one lost civilization seeded all the others is not.
Last stated 2 years ago
30 Sept 2024
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Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A civilization that advanced and that large would have left something behind, and archaeologists find fish scales. — tap to centre the map on it
A civilization that advanced and that large would have left something behind, and archaeologists find fish scales.
Last stated 2 years ago
30 Sept 2024
EB
Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The same afterlife journey along the Milky Way turns up in cultures too distant in space and time to have shared it, so it is an inheritance from one remote common source rather than a coincidence. — tap to centre the map on it
The same afterlife journey along the Milky Way turns up in cultures too distant in space and time to have shared it, so it is an inheritance from one remote common source rather than a coincidence.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Oct 2024
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Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Listening for alien radio is the wrong search: a probe that sits and waits beats a signal that passes you by, so an artifact in our solar system is likelier than a message. — tap to centre the map on it
Listening for alien radio is the wrong search: a probe that sits and waits beats a signal that passes you by, so an artifact in our solar system is likelier than a message.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Apr 2024
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Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation.
Last stated a year ago
13 Aug 2025
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Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. — tap to centre the map on it
A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade.
Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting. — tap to centre the map on it
'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting.
Last stated 11 months ago
10 Oct 2025
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Lawrence Freedman — holds since 2025-10-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible. — tap to centre the map on it
A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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Branko Milanovic — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A military that disconnects its orders from the law and from legal advice has no limit on what it will do when commanded. — tap to centre the map on it
A military that disconnects its orders from the law and from legal advice has no limit on what it will do when commanded.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
27 Aug 2026
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Scott Greenfield — holds since 2026-08-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms. — tap to centre the map on it
A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them. — tap to centre the map on it
A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them.
Last stated 2 days ago
5 Sept 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-05 — tap for who they are
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The simplest explanation for why we have never noticed an alien civilization is that there are none out there.
Last stated 22 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds SC Sean Carroll
Read this korrent →
Similar wording
The visiting-aliens story is incoherent: a civilisation with the technology to stay hidden would not keep being spotted.
Last stated 22 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds AF Adam Frank
Similar wording
There are far fewer alien civilizations than people would like to believe, because the road from bacteria to humans has huge gaps in it.
Last stated 7 Sept 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds NL Nick Lane
Similar wording
A great filter is a weak explanation for the silence, because it would have to work every single time — one civilization with self-replicating probes could fill the galaxy.
Last stated 22 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds SC Sean Carroll
Similar wording
After interviewing hundreds of people inside America's secret military and intelligence programs, there is no reason to believe aliens have ever visited Earth.
Last stated 22 Mar 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds AJ Annie Jacobsen
Similar wording
Graham Hancock's research is good; his conclusion that one lost civilization seeded all the others is not.
Last stated 30 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds EB Ed Barnhart
Similar wording
A civilization that advanced and that large would have left something behind, and archaeologists find fish scales.
Last stated 30 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds EB Ed Barnhart
Similar wording
The same afterlife journey along the Milky Way turns up in cultures too distant in space and time to have shared it, so it is an inheritance from one remote common source rather than a coincidence.
Last stated 16 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds GH Graham Hancock
Similar wording
Listening for alien radio is the wrong search: a probe that sits and waits beats a signal that passes you by, so an artifact in our solar system is likelier than a message.
Last stated 22 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds SC Sean Carroll
Same subject: America
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 18 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds CH Casey HandmerEB Eric Berger
Same subject: America
A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation.
Last stated 13 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds KJ Keyu Jin
Same subject: America
A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · today
Holds PK Paul Krugman
Same subject: war
'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting.
Last stated 10 Oct 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds LF Lawrence Freedman
Same subject: war
A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible.
Last stated 26 Aug 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds BM Branko Milanovic
Same subject: war
A military that disconnects its orders from the law and from legal advice has no limit on what it will do when commanded.
Last stated 27 Aug 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds SG Scott Greenfield
Same subject: China
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated 15 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds HR Hannah Ritchie
Same subject: China
A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms.
Last stated 18 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds EB Eric Berger
Same subject: China
A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them.
Last stated 5 Sept 2026 · 2 days ago
Holds Noah Smith