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This final session is much more light-hearted and simplistic than sessions 4 and 5 and takes a look at the arguments around whether or not humanity is alone. It includes an initial look at the bizarre nature of many of the claims of alien encounters (Mr Norman House is an actor though) before moving onto the more serious side of alien hunting. It concludes with a probabilistic argument based on the Fermi paradox.