Abstract
There are three possibilities for why our SETI program to-date has failed to detect a signal:
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There are no advanced civilizations out there.
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We have not looked properly, or for long enough.
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They don’t wish to send.
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Ross, M. (2009). Why would anyone transmit to us?. In: The Search for Extraterrestrials. Springer Praxis Books. Praxis. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74070-6_5
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