Chapter 14: Hawking's Fear of an Alien Invasion May Explain the Fermi Paradox Flashcards

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METI stands for ___ ___ ___ ___ .

A

Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence

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Stephen Hawking imagines traveling by spaceship to _______, a planet merely 16 light years from Earth, and seeking alien life there

A

Gliese 832C

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If we find an ET signal from outer space, Stephen Hawking warns, we should _______reply

A

not

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According to Vakoch, Stephen Hawking ignores that any civilization with the capacity to travel between the stars could already ______ life and civilization on Earth.

A

detect

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