> Fermi’s paradox is pretentious in that it assumes we humans have some sort of cosmic significance. Our significance as a species is actually irrelevant to th

> Fermi’s paradox is pretentious in that it assumes we humans have some sort of cosmic significance. Our significance as a species is actually irrelevant to the question of why we might or might not be visited. Even if we turn out to be somehow extraordinary, the aliens would have to visit first before they could know that.