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Letter: Why extraterrestrials may be shy of contact

Published 31 January 2018

From Alastair Malcolm, London, UK

Ben Haller worries about transmitting signals to other worlds (Letters, 6 January). It is sobering to think that we may not have heard from extraterrestrial intelligences because they don't wish to take unnecessary risks with the long-term survival of their own species.

Issue no. 3163 published 3 February 2018

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