Why is Alien Life so hard to find? Maybe we've been looking for the wrong signs all this time?

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0:00 Why is Alien Life so Hard to find?
1:40 How Do We Look For Alien Life?
7:22 Were We Looking For Life In The Wrong Place?
10:53 Alien Life Might Look Different Than We Thought
14:23 The Purple Earth Hypothesis
16:55 Finding Alien Life In The Notsodistant Future

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