The answer to the Fermi Paradox is they are avoiding us.

  • VanessaE@fosstodon.org
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    10 months ago

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com well it’s already been established that apart from an accident back in 1957, aliens will basically avoids us until April 5, 2063 😉

  • AnjaJune@chaosfem.tw
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    10 months ago

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com Welllll… why are we studying lemurs, fungi, asteroids, religions, cockroaches, languages, jellyfish, music, viruses, ball lightning, cloud formations, rocks, seaweed, food, and basically everything else there is to see or imagine?

    My solution to the Fermi paradox is: they’re cringing at our ceaseless churning-out of increasingly desperate and speculative solutions to the Fermi paradox. :P

  • Ralph058@techhub.social
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    10 months ago

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com Exactly.
    Also, why did we even try SETI. If a more advanced race has interstellar travel, they have found a short cut. That would be highly unlikely to be sensed by radio.

  • calsnoboarder@universeodon.com
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    10 months ago

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com since there isn’t any intelligent life on Earth, no reason to visit. It would be like humans traveling to a dump in Bangladesh to make contact with the fermented contents of a diaper.

  • I see Dud people!@mas.to
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    10 months ago

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com Isn’t there some saying about extra-terrestrial life intelligent enough to invent interstellar travel would also be smart enough to not come here?

  • AnjaJune@chaosfem.tw
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    10 months ago

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com Welllll… why are we studying lemurs, fungi, asteroids, cockroaches, jellyfish, bacteria, horses, ball lightning, cloud formations, rocks, seaweed, and basically everything else there is to see?

  • huntingdon@mstdn.social
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    10 months ago

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com

    If there existed a real version of Star Trek, would not the Prime Directive preclude a Captain Sulu from contacting a civilization as undeveloped, violent, and addicted to unrestrained capitalism as the present one on earth?

    Better to let it progress or not on its own, as it attempts to explore a universe beyond its small star system. That could take some time, which would give the Federation - or the Klingons - more time to develop a suitable way of interacting with it.

  • Will@thepit.social
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    10 months ago

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com The only thing that makes sense for alien sentient species to do is to trade intellectual property, and perhaps entertainment content. Traveling at or near speed of light may not be possible, but sending information is rudimentary. I bet they would enjoy watching Star Trek episodes a great deal, and I wonder what types of technology they would trade for each episode/film…