Hey guys let me introduce you to the paradox known as fermi paradox.
The Fermi Paradox is named after physicist Enrico Fermi and is often used by skeptics to "prove" that either intelligent alien life doesn't exist or that we are unable to communicate with it.
This is probably the most depressing option. Either our ideas of the universe are wrong and we are a lone freak of the cosmos, or alien life has evolved elsewhere but it's the nature of intelligent life to quickly destroy itself.
OR
We Have Encountered Alien Life
Some people suggest that alien life does exist and we have encountered it - but it is so different to us that we simply haven't recognised it. The aliens are so alien that we simply don't recognise them as life forms. Perhaps they haven't recognised us either.
These two solutions to the paradox lead some people to conclude that humanity will remain alone in the universe forever, a rather depressing thought. Fortunately there are also more positive resolutions of the Fermi paradox that seek to exlain why intelligent life hasn't contacted us yet. Personally I prefer to think that one of these is correct.
So until and unless we are able to find life on other planets , the fermi paradox wil prevail .
The Fermi Paradox is named after physicist Enrico Fermi and is often used by skeptics to "prove" that either intelligent alien life doesn't exist or that we are unable to communicate with it.
What Is The Fermi Paradox?
The paradox is that if advanced extraterrestrial civilisations exist, as many believe, then we should have encountered evidence of them by now. Yet we have no such conclusive evidence, merely ambiguous and controversial UFO sightings. As Fermi is reported to have asked: Where are they?Solutions
The paradox rests on two assumptions: 1) advanced alien life exists and 2) we have not encountered it. The easiest way to resolve the paradox is thus to challenge these assumptions. Either : Alien Life Does Not ExistThis is probably the most depressing option. Either our ideas of the universe are wrong and we are a lone freak of the cosmos, or alien life has evolved elsewhere but it's the nature of intelligent life to quickly destroy itself.
OR
We Have Encountered Alien Life
Some people suggest that alien life does exist and we have encountered it - but it is so different to us that we simply haven't recognised it. The aliens are so alien that we simply don't recognise them as life forms. Perhaps they haven't recognised us either.
These two solutions to the paradox lead some people to conclude that humanity will remain alone in the universe forever, a rather depressing thought. Fortunately there are also more positive resolutions of the Fermi paradox that seek to exlain why intelligent life hasn't contacted us yet. Personally I prefer to think that one of these is correct.
So until and unless we are able to find life on other planets , the fermi paradox wil prevail .


