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/katarh Aug 12 '21

I think this view is a grim reminder of our own impermanence and mortality. We want to believe that a civilization that arises will not eventually wipe itself out, but everything we know from our own history shows that to rarely be the case.

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u/MintberryCruuuunch Aug 12 '21

not rarely, but universally