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Is geoengineering an existential risk?

sentientdevelopments.blogspot.com » 2010 » January » 28th » Is geoengineering an existential risk?

Tagged: astrobiology, geophysics, geoengineering, fermi paradox, life on other planets, existential risks, extraterrestrial intelligence

Well, Milan M. Ćirković and Richard B. Cathcart think it's a distinct possibility. In fact, it may even (partly) explain the Great Silence. Check out the abstract to their article, "Geo-engineering Gone Awry: A New Partial Solution of Fermi's Paradox": Technological civilizations arising on such planets will be, at some point of their histories or another, tempted to embark upon massive … Continue Reading »

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