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“We might expect intelligent life and technological communities to have emerged in the universe billions of years ago. Given that human society is only a few thousand years old, and that human technological society is mere centuries old, the nature of a community with millions or even billions of years of technological and social progress cannot even be imagined. ... What would we make of a billion-year-old technological community?”

Quote by Paul Davies

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Paul Davies, born April 22, 1946, is a British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and prolific science writer. After earning his PhD at Cambridge, he held faculty positions at Oxford, UC San Diego and the Australian National University, focusing on cosmology, quantum gravity, black‑hole thermodynamics and the physics of life's origins. Known for his interdisciplinary outlook and clear popular‑science books such as "The Mind of God" and "The Goldilocks Enigma," Davies has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of the American Physical Society. His research advances fundamental physics, while his outreach has shaped public understanding of the universe and its deeper philosophical implications. more

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