<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/94e53ba2-c752-42ea-ae32-9a4da7af3c28/1373BB3B-0F6A-45A2-AA03-ABB0CD2E5016/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoo_hypothesis&oldid=307790476" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoo_hypothesis&oldid=307790476" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoo_hypothesis&oldid=307790476"><P>The <B>zoo hypothesis</B> is one of a number of suggestions that have been advanced in response to the <A title="Fermi paradox" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox" linkindex="16">Fermi paradox</A>, regarding the apparent absence of evidence in support of the existence of advanced <A title="Extraterrestrial life" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life" linkindex="17">extraterrestrial life</A>. According to this <A title="Hypothesis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis" linkindex="18">hypothesis</A>, aliens would generally avoid making their presence known to humanity, or avoid exerting an influence on human development, somewhat akin to zookeepers observing animals in a <A title="Zoo" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo" linkindex="19">zoo</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoo_hypothesis&oldid=307790476"><P>Adherents of the hypothesis consider that <A title="Earth" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" linkindex="20">Earth</A> and <A class="mw-redirect" title="Humans" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humans" linkindex="21">humans</A> are being secretly surveyed using equipment located on Earth or elsewhere in the <A class="mw-redirect" title="Solar system" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_system" linkindex="22">solar system</A> which relays information back to the observers. It is also suggested that overt contact will eventually be made with humanity once humans reach a certain level of development.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoo_hypothesis&oldid=307790476"><CITE id="CITEREFBall1973" class="">Ball, John A. (Jul 1973). "The Zoo Hypothesis". <I><A class="mw-redirect" title="International Journal of Solar System Studies" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Journal_of_Solar_System_Studies" linkindex="72">Icarus</A></I> <B>19</B> (3): 347-349. <A title="Digital object identifier" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" linkindex="73">doi</A>:<SPAN class="neverexpand"><A rel="nofollow" title="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2F0019-1035%2873%2990111-5" class="external text" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2F0019-1035%2873%2990111-5" linkindex="74">10.1016/0019-1035(73)90111-5</A></SPAN>.</CITE></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1373BB3B-0F6A-45A2-AA03-ABB0CD2E5016/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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