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Peak #FermiParadox is civilization standing at the zenith of technological advancement, while simultaneously sitting at the nadir of political wisdom.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Quantum entanglement speed? I wonder what they were actually measuring because that phrase does not make sense to me.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I thought that was supposed to be instantaneous ?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

in theory this is true, but if we found a delay we might be able to better study the process of entanglement and collapse of the wavefunction

[–] Khanzarate 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nah it propagates. I wanna say it goes at light speed, but there is a delay. If this is actually referencing something new, maybe that's different now.

[–] i_am_a_cardboard_box 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Fermi paradox is the discrepancy between the lack of conclusive evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life and the apparently high likelihood of its existence.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Correct. However the most popular explanation is that technological evolution outstrips cultural evolution resulting in civilizations destroying themselves before they can attain interstellar travel