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watchandwait on March 28, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why We Haven't Met Any Aliens (2006)

The real reason, as others have noted-- advance societies discover nuclear fission and supercollider technology and destroy themselves.

stcredzero on March 28, 2010 [–]

The first mechanism you cite indicates you didn't read the article. The second is either tongue and cheek or indicates a big misunderstanding of science.

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