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Physicist/historian Steven J. Dick's essay 'The Postbiological Universe Revisited' argues advanced intelligence trends toward AI, offered as a resolution to the Fermi paradox

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Steven Dick's postbiological-universe hypothesis (cultural evolution outpaces biological evolution, yielding AI-dominant civilizations) is a real, published SETI-adjacent argument addressing the Fermi paradox.

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corroboratesarxiv.orgRelated published postbiological-evolution/SETI literature confirms the framework Dick is credited with

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Pasulka on The Why Files Basement (Aug 2026)asserts03:03:10

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Steven Dick's postbiological-universe hypothesis (cultural evolution outpaces biological evolution, yielding AI-dominant civilizations) is a real, published SETI-adjacent argument addressing the Fermi paradox.