Have you ever looked in the night sky, wondering if there are some other civilizations and forms of life out there? The Great Filter says there’s some kind of obstacle that stops intelligent civilizations from becoming advanced enough to make contact with other civilizations or colonize other planets.

There are two scenarios. The first one says that the filter lies in our past and that we have already overcome it.

The second scenario states that the filter could actually lie in our future: but shall we pass the test?