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Why I hope the search for extraterrestrial life finds nothing

Nick Bostrom


Technology Review


http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20569/

April 27, 2008

If we are alone it may be evidence that we have sneaked past the huge hurdles in the way of any species becoming an intelligent star-faring civilization. Then again, we could still be extinguished at any moment. 

(Read the complete essay here.)


Nick Bostrom Ph.D. is a philosopher at Oxford University, the Director of the Oxford Future of Humanity Institute, and the Chair of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. He co-founded the World Transhumanist Association in 1998 and is a frequent spokesperson and commentator in the media.

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