# John A. Ball Topic: [[Topics/Science Fiction Possibilities/Science Fiction Possibilities|Science Fiction Possibilities]] · People in this topic are listed on the hub. - **Who:** MIT Haystack Observatory radio astronomer who proposed the "zoo hypothesis" (*Icarus*, 1973) ◻. - **Idea:** advanced civilizations know about us and leave us alone to watch, as in a zoo or wildlife reserve ◻. ## Role in this topic - The video's "Research. Observation. Communication. We're scientists, not raiders" is the zoo hypothesis told as drama.