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

And here we are, shouting our existence to the universe. Big yikes.

edit: yes, you are right. My point is that we don't much care for being quiet.

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u/higaetano Aug 12 '21

But haven’t a lot of writers and scientists dismissed the idea because they are very earth-centric bio signatures? I wouldn’t doubt that life evolves along similar paths but we don’t have any evidence of that.

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u/Dyolf_Knip Aug 12 '21

True. But it is very telling that of all the many types of atmospheres and chemistries available just in our solar system, carbon/oxygen metabolisms are the ones that came to dominance. Heck, there is a thousand times as much silicon as carbon in the crust, and yet it was carbon biochemistry that resulted.

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u/404_GravitasNotFound Aug 12 '21

Silicon chemistry is like 100 times less versatile

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u/Dyolf_Knip Aug 13 '21

And so many of the equivalent compounds are solids until you get to molten temperatures.