Claim and evidence Close ×
De Garis's essay of 2001 states, as a step of his answer to Fermi's question, that artilects created by biological species leave their planets of birth and spread throughout the universe. Copy claim link
Copy claim reference
Machine-checked Stated in source Supported
Supporting evidence: primary · 1 source; Context: primary · 1 source
Date 2001-03-22 · publication Records dated 2001 → Wording attested 2015. Wording read in the Kurzweil Library copy (writingsbyraykurzweil.com; header May 22, 2001; no byline), retrieved 2026-10-31, and in the author's e-book 'de Garis Essays' (listed by the author as 2015; PDF created 2015-01-18), essay A2; the 2001 KurzweilAI.net page was not read. The e-book reads 'throughout' where the library copy reads 'thoughout'. Role Articulation Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Scope and limits One premise of the answer the text gives to Fermi's paradox, stated as an assumption in a chain of reasoning. The library copy shows no byline; authorship rests on the author's own reprint.
The evidence 02 primary source Supports the claim
Answering Fermi's Paradox ↗ The Kurzweil Library (writingsbyraykurzweil.com), copy of an essay 'Originally published March 22, 2001 on KurzweilAI.net' · 2001-03-22
Copy source reference
Cite the original source Cite the original document, not Selekoa. Check these details against it.
Copy APA
Download BibTeX Download RIS Download CSL-JSON
Source excerpt “These artilects then leave the provincial planets of their birth and spread thoughout the universe” Location in source numbered point 3
How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher
Machine-checked · 2026-11-01
Source details and check notes Authors Hugo de Garis Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 20aedf76ee671d56c8da28730ceb37e3126693c63ab655a298dbfe1e5ba9af0f). Current Kurzweil Library page (address ?p=80514, redirected); its header shows May 22, 2001 and its note says originally published March 22, 2001; the page displays no byline. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-31 Language English (en) Attribution Hugo de Garis, “Answering Fermi's Paradox”, 2001-03-22. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, machine succession, scale and acceleration (research/heterodox-thought). The quotation (15 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. Spelling 'thoughout' as in the library copy; the author's e-book reprint reads 'throughout'. A cross-family machine check (2026-11-01, item 31) classified the record’s passage blind and reached the same stance. No human editorial review. primary source Context only
de Garis Essays ↗ Author's site (profhugodegaris.wordpress.com), self-published e-book PDF · Publication date unknown
Copy source reference
Cite the original source Cite the original document, not Selekoa. Check these details against it.
Copy APA
Download BibTeX Download RIS Download CSL-JSON
Paraphrase The author's e-book reprints the essay under his name as essay A2, 'Answering Fermi's Paradox', with the note that it was originally published on KurzweilAI.net on 22 March 2001.
Location in source essay A2, PDF pp. 25–29
How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher
Machine-checked · 2026-11-01
Source details and check notes Authors Hugo de Garis Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 a9450cccbeaa8871a59c0dc7506e6b6eff1bf0a473486370575d5730141ca210). Author-posted e-book PDF (PDF creation date 2015-01-18; the author's books page lists it as 2015 and says it 'keeps growing'). Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-31 Language English (en) Attribution Hugo de Garis, “de Garis Essays”. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, machine succession, scale and acceleration (research/heterodox-thought). The paraphrase is Selekoa’s, written from the text retrieved for the candidate pack; it is not a quotation and was not machine-matched. Establishes authorship of the unsigned library copy. A cross-family machine check (2026-11-01, item 31) classified the record’s passage blind and reached the same stance. No human editorial review. Status and meaning Editorial status. Machine-checked . Machines found this record and checked it against its sources; no person accepted it individually. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
Relation. A passage of the document meets the proposition’s criterion. The record documents what the text states, in its register (fiction and satire are labelled); it is not evidence that the proposition is true and implies no influence on or from another text.
Date. Date from the copies' note 'Originally published March 22, 2001 on KurzweilAI.net.'; the Kurzweil Library page header shows May 22, 2001.
Record ID ht-w10-degaris-2001-answering-fermi