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“The Great Silence” by Ted Chiang The humans use Arecibo to look for extraterrestrial intelligence. Their desire to make a connection is so strong that they’ve created an ear capable of hearing across the universe. But I and my fellow parrots are right here. Why aren’t they interested in listening to our voices? We’re a nonhuman […]

Introduction by Karen Joy Fowler Share article Oct 12, 2016 Issue No 230 The Great Silence Written by Ted Chiang Recommended by Karen Joy Fowler As any long-time reader of science fiction can tell you, “The Great Silence” is another name for the Fermi Paradox, and the Fermi Paradox is a meditation on two contradictory truths: 1) the idea that we represent the only intelligence in the universe is preposterous and 2) despite the increasing range of our extraterrestrial search, we have found only silence. Ted Chiang’s very short story, “The Great Silence” adds another set of questions to these sp

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