Fermi Paradox: a rundown
The Fermi Paradox is “where are they?” Meaning, where are
the extraterrestrials? An exponentially growing technological species can fill
the universe, and we’d see them, but we don’t. Why not?
Possible explanations:
Insignificance: They just
don’t bother with us.
Protection: Earth is a
wildlife preserve.
Hornet: They don’t want
to mess with us.
Ubiquity: They’re too
ubiquitous to be detectable.
Invisibility: We just
can’t see them.
Camouflage: They’re
hiding from us and each other.
Mythology: We can and do
often see them.
Abandonment: They’ve
given up on us.
Testing: They’re waiting
for us to do something.
Suicide: Technological
species destroy themselves.
Modesty: The ones that
don’t limit themselves.
Uniqueness: We’re the
only ones around here.
Primality: We happen to
be the first.
Distance: They haven’t
gotten here yet.
Simultaneity: Everyone is
arising at once.
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