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Assuming intelligent aliens know how to harvest energy from stars, would humanity be able to spot these high-level structures?

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A new psychedelic retreat calling itself a “SETI for the mind” aims to establish two-way communication with the nonhuman entities people encounter while tripping on DMT.

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In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the ...