WHAT IS THE DARK FOREST THEORY?
Why don’t the aliens answer? Imagine a forest, wild predators, roaring. When a naive herbivore, who doesn’t quite understand the environment, makes a sound, they rush in and pounce on it and kill it. So when someone makes a noise, the other lurkers have no choice but to silently pray, “Don’t shout, shut up, shut up, you’re going to die!“
