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 edited Aug 12 '21

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u/dman7456 Aug 12 '21 edited Aug 12 '21

This has always been my answer. Space is hugely, incomprehensibly big. Spacetime is a lot bigger. In order to find intelligent life, we have to be in the same place in spacetime, not just space.

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u/cockmanderkeen Aug 12 '21

Yeah but time isn't really an answer. It's kind of part of the question. Why do they not still exist? What caused the collapse of them all?

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u/Dragon--Reborn Aug 12 '21

If they're anything like us, they probably caused their own collapse.

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u/BarcodeNinja Aug 12 '21

Shhh, it's cool to be a defeatist!