The solution to the Fermi paradox can't be be something that most civilizations fail, it has to be a challenge that's impossible to pass. The Fermi paradox pos

The solution to the Fermi paradox can't be be something that most civilizations fail, it has to be a challenge that's impossible to pass. The Fermi paradox posits that there should have been huge numbers of spacefaring civilizations for millions of years before mankind evolved. If you postulate a candidate great filter that lies ahead of humanity then it must have filtered out every single expansionist civilization in our galaxy up till now. The solution that makes most sense to me is simply that we did the stats wrong when combining estimates of the factors of the equation, and our best guesses predict very few other civilizations: https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/07/03/ssc-journal-club-dissolving-the-fermi-paradox/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/07/03/ssc-journal-club-disso...