Funny, but it actually contains a sliver of truth. There is a theory called ‘The Great filter’ that tries to explain the Fermi paradox. It basically posits ther

Funny, but it actually contains a sliver of truth. There is a theory called ‘The Great filter’ that tries to explain the Fermi paradox. It basically posits there is some almost insurmountable barrier that must be vaulted for a species to become spacefaring. Whether that barrier is behind us (the evolution of intelligent life) or ahead of us (no idea what, avoiding interplanetary warfare possibly?) has not been conclusively theorized.