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My gut instinct tells me we're not special enough to be the only intelligent life out there. We humans have reliability had our egos crushed over and over agai

My gut instinct tells me we're not special enough to be the only intelligent life out there. We humans have reliability had our egos crushed over and over again as we learned that we are not the center of the solar system, nor the only galaxy, etc, etc. I think it's way more likely the universe is teeming with intelligent life, but in dimensions that we're not evolved enough to comprehend or sense, and the thought that we are alone is laughable from the point of view of the "aliens". Hell, we don't even have the faintest idea of how our own brains work, why we need to sleep, and all kinds of other things. To even believe for an instant that we are so special that we're actually alone in the entire universe or even the galaxy is a bit ridiculous.

jobigoud 9y ago
The fact that it's ridiculous is precisely why it's a paradox. Some aliens may be evolving on different levels as you say, but all of them? Your resolution is they are there but we can't see any of them or their effects.
- sixQuarks 9y ago
  It could well be that the exponential advancement in technology makes it so there is only about a 100 or 200 year gap where civilizations send out radio waves, or whatever our current technology is capable of receiving - before hitting these other dimensions. But even so, there would still be a chance to detect this kind of stuff. I mean, I totally see your point - I just don't think we're that special though.