berserker hypothesis

proper noun

The proposition that humanity has not detected intelligent alien life because emerging civilizations are systematically destroyed by self-replicating, lethal von Neumann probes launched by a prior advanced species.

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Meanings

proper nounthe berserker hypothesis
  1. The proposition that humanity has not detected intelligent alien life because emerging civilizations are systematically destroyed by self-replicating, lethal von Neumann probes launched by a prior advanced species.
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