The Great Filter Isn't Science – It's Political Garbage

…for being a bunch of scientists, they sure missed the core tenants of science. 

First, their argument. They posit that since we Earthlings haven’t found aliens, they must not exist. Why don’t they exist? Because they must have existed and then wiped themselves out. Their evidence? Well since we can’t get along on this planet, maybe it is ingrained in intelligent life to wipe itself out.

The paper seemed to be a cautionary tale instead of science…