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    "https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.02445",
    "https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2009.00356",
    "https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.quant-ph/0607174",
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  "textContent": "\n\nThis video explains how the Fermi Paradox - the fact that aliens should mathematically be abundant in the universe and yet we haven't heard from any - actually makes sense when you take into account quantum communication.\n\nREFERENCES\n\n  * On Interstellar Quantum Communication and the Fermi Paradox: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.02445\n\n  * Quantum coherence to interstellar distances: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2009.00356\n\n  * Exponential Separation of Quantum and Classical One-Way Communication Complexity for a Boolean Function: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.quant-ph/0607174\n\n  * Classical Interaction Cannot Replace a Quantum Message: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.quant-ph/0703215\n\n\n",
  "title": "Does Quantum Mechanics solve the Fermi Paradox?"
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