"The other is the so-called Fermi paradox, which claims that we should see intelligent aliens here if they exist anywhere, because they would inevitably coloniz

"The other is the so-called Fermi paradox, which claims that we should see intelligent aliens here if they exist anywhere, because they would inevitably colonize the Galaxy by star travel—and since we don’t see any obvious signs of aliens here, searching for their signals is pointless." Either this is worded wrong or illogical. If this is true, as it's worded now, then we humans either do not exist or are not intelligent, by its very definition. Both are ridiculous conclusions. The assumption is "because they would inevitably colonize the Galaxy by star travel". What if they're not advanced enough to do so yet? Does that make them not intelligent? If so, that would make us non-intelligent. Does that prove aliens don't exist? If so, then we humans are proven to not exist (which is ludicrous). Finally the stupid conclusion: "since we don’t see any obvious signs of aliens here, searching for their signals is pointless." So as a corollary, other aliens searching for us would be pointless since we humans don't exist since there are no signs of us on other planets. This is incredibly stupid. No wonder Fermi never wrote it. He would never write something this dumb.