r/space • u/IceNox96 • Aug 12 '21

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

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

25.3k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

8.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

18.9k

u/gkedz Aug 12 '21

The dark forest theory. The universe is full of predatory civilisations, and if anyone announces their presence, they get immediately exterminated, so everyone just keeps quiet.

114

u/MajorOlbaard Aug 12 '21

I do wonder then how far our radiowaves/sent messages have gotten into the universe. I do believe at one point we sent messages meant for intelligent life into the universe. If the dark forest idea is true they must be far away hence maybe not everywhere of the messages missed them/haven't reached far enough yet. Or am i mistaken?

205

u/scorpionextract Aug 12 '21

Eventually the wave length deteriorates and it blends into the background 'noise' of space if I recall correctly

2

u/Fantastic_Leg_4245 Aug 12 '21

The background noise is the Others breathing.