Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Fermi Paradox: The Prime Directive (6x67)

Uitzenddatum: Nov 15, 2020

One solution to the Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, is that extraterrestrials might hide from us to avoid altering our society, a concept we see in Star Trek called the Prime Directive. Is such a policy ethical, and if so, should we follow it?