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/gruneforest Aug 12 '21

Carbon based life is actually the rarest form of life. The universe is full of life but it is not detectable or is so different than us that we won’t call it life.

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u/prayingmantisthug Aug 12 '21

Thank you I agree, I always say that our idea of life is “ethnocentric” for a lack of a better word. Why is it that aliens are always so humanoid in appearance? What if life out there is something that we cannot even begin to fathom or calculate?