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Coacher comments on If there IS alien super-inteligence in our own galaxy, then what it could be like? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: James_Miller 27 February 2016 03:03:34PM *  0 points [-]

Crazy Idea--What if we are an isolated people and the solution to the Fermi paradox is that aliens have made contact with earth, but our fellow humans have decided to keep this information from us. Yes, this seems extremely unlikely, but so do all other solutions to the Fermi paradox.

Comment author: Coacher 01 March 2016 06:18:06PM 0 points [-]

Then why would they even contact those few people?

Comment author: James_Miller 01 March 2016 07:43:04PM 0 points [-]

It might not be direct contract but rather our astronomers have long since detected signs of alien life, but this has been kept from us.