Do Aliens Exist? | Robin Hanson Full Interview with Presearch.com

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What if the strongest evidence for aliens has been sitting in old telescope plates since before Sputnik? Economist and polymath Robin Hanson breaks down the Great Filter, panspermia siblings, UFO glints in Earth orbit, and why advanced civilizations might enforce a “no-expansion rule” across the galaxy. We dive into taboo topics, civilization rise-and-fall cycles, fertility collapse, and how AI could reshape humanity’s future.

If you’re interested in UFOs, UAPs, alien evidence, Fermi’s Paradox, the Great Filter, panspermia, or future civilization, this conversation is essential.

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0:00 — Intro
0:57 — Who Is Robin Hanson?
1:34 — The Great Filter
2:42 — How Common Are Aliens?
4:30 — The Alien Taboo
6:03 — Would Alien Proof Change Anything?
8:24 — Are UFOs Real Evidence?
9:02 — Pre-Sputnik Glints
20:29 — Panspermia Siblings
22:46 — No-Expansion Rule
25:15 — Domestication Theory
32:13 — Civilization Decline Prediction
47:28 — AI’s Impact on Humanity
55:12 — Closing

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Robin Hanson is an American economist and researcher specializing in decision markets, futurology, and hidden human motives, serving as an economics professor at George Mason University. He authored The Elephant in the Brain and The Age of Em.

To address the Fermi paradox, the absence of observed extraterrestrial civilizations despite the universe's vastness, Hanson developed the "grabby aliens" model, distinguishing "quiet" civilizations, which expand slowly and fade without galactic transformation, from "grabby" ones that rapidly colonize space at near-light speeds, visibly altering stars and galaxies.

https://ageofem.com https://elephantinthebrain.com https://hanson.gmu.edu

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