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The obvious, but hard to swallow solution to the Fermi paradox: aliens are a product of science-fiction, and don't exist. Not everything we can come up with in
by nukeop 8y ago
The obvious, but hard to swallow solution to the Fermi paradox: aliens are a product of science-fiction, and don't exist. Not everything we can come up with in thought experiments has a real life counterpart.
- jcoffland 8y agoBut unlike time travel or flux capacitors aliens do have a real life counter part, us. We know life exists, it's not a stretch to imagine there is more of it.
- nukeop 8y agoBefore we can postulate a realistic generalized conclusion, we need a sample size larger than 1. Right now the scientific, rational position on Fermi's paradox is that outside of Earth the universe is completely devoid of life.
- maze-le 8y agoThat is one rational position, not THE rational position. I'd say it is the only empiricist position to take, but not all rational arguments are necessarily empiricist.
- philipkglass 8y agoIn 1980 was the scientific, rational position that outside of our own Solar System there were no more planets in the universe? I have a hard time calling that a rational position despite the lack of observed exoplanets at that date.