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Showing Original Post only (View all)I've been fretting more and more about the Fermi Paradox [View all]
Basically: there must be alien life in the universe, so where is everyone?
One explanation: theyve all annihilated themselves. With advancing knowledge comes nuclear capability. Are advanced civilizations capable of resisting the temptation to use those weapons or is it inevitable they all destroy themselves?
All it takes is a single Putin, who would rather destroy the world than accept defeat.
Sorry to share my gloom, but I fear all the goodness within humanity seems unable to counteract the evil that also resides in us. I look at Ukraine and the rise of Trump and his MAGATS and I am just grateful I lived in a time before the annihilation.
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No....Aliens have not ..."annihilated themselves"..They have been here, taken a look, and concluded:
Stuart G
Apr 2022
#1
If They are So Advanced, They Would Have Machines That Would do all The Work
Beetwasher.
Apr 2022
#12
I recall reading that we could detect the electromagnetic emissions of the Earth out to about 100
Dial H For Hero
Apr 2022
#24
Here is the answer about "Aliens" Yes, they exist and they have been here, they are avoiding us....
Stuart G
Apr 2022
#46
I suspect there just is no such thing as a warp drive. Space is vast. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2022
#11
Until we make contact or discover remnants of alien civilizations, we'll never know
Kaleva
Apr 2022
#25
Lots may be out there, but at very low density, so prohibitively expensive to find
struggle4progress
Apr 2022
#20
Even were an alien civilization comparable to our own to exist only a thousand light years away
Dial H For Hero
Apr 2022
#26
Equally likely that they annihiliated themselves through self-induced climate catastrophe
Spider Jerusalem
Apr 2022
#35
My brother-in-law has a strange take - the Fermi Paradox helps him believe in God
Amishman
Apr 2022
#50
I recently saw an interview with Brian Cox, who is a well-known British astronomer.
Earth-shine
Apr 2022
#56