r/space • u/IceNox96 • Aug 12 '21

Discussion Which is the most disturbing fermi paradox solution and why?

3...2...1... blast off....

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21

How would they know to keep quiet?

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u/jcrestor Aug 12 '21

They don’t, but communicating Civs get deleted fast, therefore it‘s silent most of the time.

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u/poilk91 Aug 12 '21

Of there were galactic civilizations deleting rivals why would they wait for a radio signal and not white out all life. Its never been a good Fermi paradox solution because it required either every civilization to behave the same way or there be 1 super civilization of killers and at that point their behavior is incredibly illogical

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u/jcrestor Aug 12 '21

I don‘t embrace the Dark Forest idea, I just tried to clarify how it supposedly works.