Exploring Extraterrestrial Life: Chiang’s “Great Silence”
In Ted Chiang’s “The Great Silence,” fictional contributions to the search for extraterrestrial life, like Irene Lee’s astrobiology work and Ouyang Zi’s leadership in China’s space program, are explored. Institutions like SETI and IAU, along with concepts like the Fermi paradox, shape the search while technical challenges hinder signal detection. The vastness and mystery of…