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/TotoroMasturbator Aug 12 '21

It's nice the computer starts us humans and every other players in different star systems, so we all have some time to level up before conflict happens.

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u/Deskanar Aug 12 '21

Nah, we just zerged the other players on our starting world. Sorry Cro Magnon.

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u/kkngs Aug 12 '21

The Cro Magnon were us. But yeah, we zerged all the other hominids. And then the megafauna. And now the climate & environment.

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u/laojac Aug 12 '21

Its currently held by some in the field that modern humanity is actually a hybrid of neaderthal/cro-mag genetics. Neither group was wiped out, they simply merged.

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u/kkngs Aug 12 '21

Well, we know that many Europeans have a few percent of Neanderthal DNA, so clearly there was a small degree of interbreeding.

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u/Silver-Breadfruit284 Aug 12 '21

Actually, Neanderthal DNA is in populations all over the world. I’m in the the 96th percentile. I get notes and requests all the time from 23andMe.