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Phoonzang

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19. Never a fan of the Fermi Paradox because it assumes three things:
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 04:28 PM
Sep 2012

1.)Human motivations for alien species
2.)That we have the technology to detect them. We don't barring someone sending an intentional signal right at us. We don't have the capability to detect "leakage" like TV signals and the like.
3.)There haven't been alien visitations in the past (millions of years). Such evidence of visitation might easily have disappeared after such a long time.

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Worth contemplating more seriously tama Sep 2012 #1
Many sci fi writers had stories where Ichingcarpenter Sep 2012 #3
It is not only prey which is silent.. Fumesucker Sep 2012 #2
Logical problem bongbong Sep 2012 #4
just because you are aggressive or able to wage war qazplm Sep 2012 #7
That's the point bongbong Sep 2012 #14
That's not a logical flaw; you just have a different point of view muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #10
Sorry, it is a logical flaw bongbong Sep 2012 #13
The 'if' premise is not part of what Gato-Riviera suggests muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #15
More bongbong Sep 2012 #16
What would be the point of self-replicating robots, if they can't be traced? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #17
Even more bongbong Sep 2012 #18
'fairly quickly' in terms of astronomical time muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #21
And .... bongbong Sep 2012 #22
A couple of alternatives. longship Sep 2012 #5
Our existence is no more than an accident. dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #6
One problem with the "Beserker" explanation ThoughtCriminal Sep 2012 #8
Greg Bear is pleased. sofa king Sep 2012 #9
Good idea to put out there, but I don't buy it caraher Sep 2012 #11
Perhaps more advanced civilizations have moved beyond scattershot radio broadcasts ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2012 #12
Never a fan of the Fermi Paradox because it assumes three things: Phoonzang Sep 2012 #19
Even more doubt on aliens bongbong Sep 2012 #20
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