= Dark forest hypothesis
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The Dark Forest Hypothesis is a concept in the realm of astrobiology and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). It is named after the science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem" by Liu Cixin, where the hypothesis is articulated as a way to explain the Fermi Paradox—an apparent contradiction between the high probability of extraterrestrial life in the universe and the lack of evidence for or contact with such civilizations.
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