Sunday, August 05, 2007

The Fermi Paradox is Back


I found this article about Fermi's Paradox on the Slashdot blog.

Sentient Developments revisits the Fermi Paradox which is "the contradictory and counter-intuitive observation that we have yet to see any evidence for the existence of Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (ETI) although the size and age of the Universe suggests that many technologically advanced ETI's ought to exist. Sentient Development's blog post on the Fermi Paradox states that a number breakthroughs and have contributed to the Fermi Paradox gaining credence as an unsolved scientific problem.

(1)How we view and understand our galaxy and universe,
(2) Improved understanding of planet formation, composition and habitable zones,
(3) The discovery of extrasolar planets,
(4) Confirmation of the rapid origination of life on Earth
(5) Growing legitimacy of panspermia theories"

So, where is everyone?"

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