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Re:Grabby Aliens: A Resolution to the Fermi Paradox by dctoedt on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:08PM (#33409978)
> The Three Body problem where the aliens halt human scientific progress by stealthily interfering with science.

I remember reading a sci-fi short story (this was in the 1960s) in which a scientist started to suspect that hidden, hostile aliens were behind the tendency of productive researchers to get diverted into bureaucratic meetings. A couple of Google searches didn't produce a title. Maybe Theodore Sturgeon?

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