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Ex­trater­res­trial intelligence

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Extraterrestrial intelligence is hypothetical intelligent life that did not originate on Earth.

Further reading

Drake, Frank & Carl Sagan (1997) The search for extraterrestrial intelligence, Scientific American, January 6.

Shostak, Seth (2021) Extraterrestrial intelligence, Encyclopedia Britannica, December 1.

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