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Where are the aliens?

The Fermi Paradox is something that terrifies, saddens and makes me feel totally unanchored in a universe of inexplicable meaninglessness.

Basically, the Fermi Paradox is this umbrella term for why, despite the enormous scale of the universde and our increasing ability to see far away and far back into space and time, we haven’t been contacted by aliens (not as a collective species, in a transparent way, at least), nor have we discovered any evidence for other intelligent life in the universe ewithout thjem visitng us in person (picked up radio waves, seen evidence of alien constructions like Dyson Spheres), etc.

Basically, it sounds like it wouldn’t be true, but the universe is not as big as it is old. And we asre a young planet. So there are actually myriad reasons why we should have discovered signs of other ancient (advanced) civilizations by now. Seriously. It’s genujinely bizarre.

Why does the Fermi Paradox say we should have found signs of other intelligent life by now? Well, the Known Universe contains more than 100 billion galaxies, each with at least 100 billion stars. There are innumerable planets.

But the age of the Known Universe is even more startling than its enormous scale: at 13.8+ billion years old, it’s far older than our solar system (4.5 billion years old), our species (a few million years old) and especially our Gregorian calendar (Mary lost her virginity 2,019 years ag

 

  1. A self-replicating probe could have searched our entire galaxy by now.

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Fermi Paradox Solutions

  1. We are living in a scenario

  2. We are unique

  3. The aliens are hiding from us because we’re in a Zoo

  4. The aliens are hiding because they’re afraid

  5. Intergalactic civilizations all obey the Prime Directive

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