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You are describing the Fermi Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox - there is a lot of interesting re
by jaymzcampbell 10y ago
You are describing the Fermi Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox - there is a lot of interesting reading on that Wiki page.
The usual response I think is that the timescales and distances involved are simply still too big / spread out that we're still searching for the metaphorical needle in the haystack.
- donatj 10y agoI think people tend to push way way too optimistic numbers into the Drake equation. I would gander the jump from "life" to multicellular organisms to be one in a million times that life forms.
- eponeponepon 10y agoIt's also perfectly conceivable that we do just happen to be the first. Looking less likely with every advance in astronomy, but still possible nonetheless.