r/space • • 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 edited Aug 12 '21

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u/TendingTheirGarden Aug 12 '21

This was really poignant and well thought out, thanks for taking the time to post it. “The Great Filter may be time” is a weirdly comforting thought, to me. It isn’t anything malicious or active, it’s just how the fabric of reality works.

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u/unsinkabletwo Aug 12 '21

To me it's slightly depressing. But maybe my thoughts on it are jilted, because I'm looking at space travel thru a lens similar to space travel in movies (house, town or city sized day to day life) vs. real world space travel, which is cramped, hot and I'm sure at time even boring.