Probably the most important question we are asking in science today is "Are We Alone?." Given the number of stars in our Milky Way Galaxy, and its ancient age, we would expect that intelligent life is common. And yet, we do not have any evidence that there are any intelligent civilizations outside Earth. I believe that this seeming paradox is telling us something profound about intelligence in the Galaxy and about our future.
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