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> So the solution to the Fermi paradox is that by the time you have the tech to travel between solar systems there is no longer any need to do so. I don't buy
by bsder 4y ago
> So the solution to the Fermi paradox is that by the time you have the tech to travel between solar systems there is no longer any need to do so.
I don't buy that. Human society ALWAYS has a few malcontents who simply want to do something "because it's there."
I find it hard to believe that any evolutionarily successful race wouldn't also have some individuals with the same kind of drive.
- jandrese 4y agoIt's kind of like asking why we don't have any driven individuals who do a solo swim from Hammerfest to Port Lockroy. Even with a high tech society the resource requirements are extreme. It is likely to require significant collective effort to build a ship and especially to fuel it. Thousands of metric tons of fuel at a minimum if you want to reach anywhere in only a few lifetimes, probably millions.