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AI Summary
- The Kardashev Scale measures alien civilizations by their energy consumption across three levels of technological advancement
- Fermi's Paradox questions why we haven't found evidence of alien life despite 40 billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way
- A JPL and CalTech study suggests civilizations reaching certain Kardashev Scale levels self-destruct, explaining the absence of detectable extraterrestrial life
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The Kardashev Scale
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