Fermi's just points out a contradiction between what's observable locally vs universally. So to your point can be related to simulation. But saying we're new or

Fermi's just points out a contradiction between what's observable locally vs universally. So to your point can be related to simulation. But saying we're new or rare given how uniform it all is, is not boring but exceptional and that's the problem IMO. The fast radio bursts thing is interesting in this respect.