Does all intelligent life face a Great Filter?
The position of this Great Filter, as he named it, is critically important as we contemplate the future of humanity. If the ...
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The Fermi Paradox
Is there some evidence suggesting that humans are the Galaxy’s only intelligent species? Enrico Fermi thought so – and he was a pretty smart guy. Could he be right? In 1950, the famous physicist made ...
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Fermi creates controlled nuclear reaction
Photo by Bortzells Esselte, courtesy AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives. Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) left Italy in 1938 to receive the Nobel Prize for physics in Sweden. He never went back. He and his ...