English Explanatory Dictionary

Great Filter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A barrier which prevents intelligent life from developing to a level where it can be detected across interstellar distances.
  2. The hypothesis that such a barrier exists.

Word forms

Great Filter the Great Filter

Etymology

Coined by American economist Robin Hanson in 1996.

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