Dissolving the Fermi Paradox
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Dissolving the Fermi Paradox
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Re: Dissolving the Fermi Paradox
#2TL;DR - It's not a paradox, because we're probably alone. Kind of a letdown!
Re: Dissolving the Fermi Paradox
#3"Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space."
There is no way we are alone.
Re: Dissolving the Fermi Paradox
#4TL;DR - It's not a paradox, because we're probably alone. Kind of a letdown!
> because we're probably alone
... in the observable universe.
Re: Dissolving the Fermi Paradox
#5If the argument stated above is correct, there is an awful waste of space. (Thanks, Carl!)
There is nothing in physical law to suggest that here is substantially different from anywhere else in the universe. To believe that here is manifestly different from every other place in the universe is a really surprising claim.
Re: Dissolving the Fermi Paradox
#6TL;DR - It's not a paradox, because we're probably alone. Kind of a letdown!
How did you/they calculate that probability of being alone? Anybody who tries to slap some number on such things as the probability for life to emerge is dishonest at least.
Re: Dissolving the Fermi Paradox
#7Re: Dissolving the Fermi Paradox
#8It's "papers" like this by people that are either clueless or malicious that make everyone pine for the pre-arxiv days.
Everyone considered this option. From the very first day the paradox was posed. We don't know the parameters well, it's within our margin of error that no one else is out there, so it's an option. This is such an absurd claim to take as your own that it's literally on the wikipedia page!
It's also extremely shortsighted in order to get media attention. This resolves nothing about the paradox. What about the universe prevents other intelligent species from existing nearby? Sure, it's within our margin of error, but where is this coming from? Too few planets, too little abiogenesis, etc? Many factors or a single one? Is our existence simply a consequence of the fact that we're here therefore the dice must have landed well for us? Or is there something fairly unique about our solar system / planet / species / etc.
That's the real scientific question that keeps people up at night.
Re: Dissolving the Fermi Paradox
#9It has always seemed arrogant to think that aliens exist anywhere within our galaxy. Look at how many galaxies are out there. Now realize that the universe extends far beyond our Hubble sphere.
We can’t hope to colonize even a fraction of 1% of our galaxy, even with wildly futuristic technology.
There is one option, though: Become our own aliens. If we set up colonies separated by time and distance, we will culturally diverge within a century, and genetically within a few millennia-ish.
Re: Dissolving the Fermi Paradox
#10It has always seemed arrogant to think that aliens exist anywhere within our galaxy. Look at how many galaxies are out there. Now realize that the universe extends far beyond our Hubble sphere. We can’t hope to colonize even a fraction of 1% of our galaxy, even with wildly futuristic technology. There is one option, though: Become our own aliens. If we set up colonies separated by time and distance, we will culturall…
What if we are the aliens though?