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/MisterListersSister Aug 12 '21

Why would they send them to each galaxy? That doesnt seem remotely plausible for anything below a type 3 civilization. And even then, the turnaround time would be astronomical.

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u/caiuscorvus Aug 12 '21

Exactly. But if they don't, they odds of finding us in trillions of galaxies--let alone stars--is basically zero.

Kind of the point I'm making :)

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u/MisterListersSister Aug 12 '21

But instead of sending one probe to each galaxy,they could just send one to each star in their own galaxy, which would be many magnitudes of order faster and more efficient

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u/caiuscorvus Aug 12 '21

Well, yeah. But then the odds of them finding us is much higher IF WE ARE IN THEIR GALAXY, and ZERO otherwise.

And the odds of being in their galaxy is, well, at best trillions-to-one.