Why Contacting Extraterrestrials Could Be Risky (Dark Forest Hypothesis) — Be Smart.

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There are hundreds of billions of planets in our galaxy. Scientists now think hundreds of millions of them have conditions where life could arise. What do scientists think are the best ways of reaching out to them? And why do some scientists think that we shouldn't?

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