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Great Filter

whatever prevents non-living matter from undergoing abiogenesis and later becoming spacefaring.
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Great Filter

Summary

Great Filter is a theory[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of theory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,121 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Filter is credited with the discovery of Robin Hanson[3].
  • Great Filter's instance of is recorded as theory[4].
  • Great Filter's instance of is recorded as solution[5].
  • Great Filter's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • Great Filter's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Great Filter's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03bx3pv[8].
  • Great Filter's spoken text audio is recorded as Wikipedia - Great Filter (spoken by AI voice).mp3[9].
  • Great Filter's Quora topic ID is recorded as Great-Filter[10].
  • Great Filter's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 205783612[11].

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Works and Contributions

Great Filter is credited with the discovery of Robin Hanson[3].

Why It Matters

Great Filter ranks in the top 4% of theory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,121 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_great-filter_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Great Filter}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/great-filter}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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