A tale of sinister thought experiments about extraterrestrial life (feat. Liu Cixin's Dark Forest)

Corridor outside Hall 3 near Openlab Augsburg
What if we found aliens or even made contact with them? What would be logical to happen? This talk will go over some sinister thought experiments ncluding Liu Cixin's Dark Forest from his novel „The Dark Forest“. Aliens. Let's get scary! For everybody. No prior knowledge required. (Conceptual spoilers for „The Dark Forest“.) 🧮

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Language German

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