"You're taking for granted that's it's possible and that we'll eventually make it (as does the Fermi paradox)."
No, I do not. Just the Fermi paradox. I know that I am not because I lean Rare Earth myself, and generally believe FTL travel (and while we're at it, time travel) are simply impossible. But if you want to disprove the Fermi paradox with the specific claim that all civilizations kill themselves off, then you must be able to produce a reason why all civilizations kill themselves off. Not "a lot" of them. Not "most" of them. All of them. It only takes one to colonize the galaxy.
Plenty of people question the "initial statements" of the paradox, which is why I have a snappy two word "rare Earth" phrase to explain my position.
Remind me how we know the galaxy hasn't been colonized? For all we know the aliens just take one look at Earth and go "ew, not that one - it's all moldy".
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"You're taking for granted that's it's possible and that we'll eventually make it (as does the Fermi paradox)."
No, I do not. Just the Fermi paradox. I know that I am not because I lean Rare Earth myself, and generally believe FTL travel (and while we're at it, time travel) are simply impossible. But if you want to disprove the Fermi paradox with the specific claim that all civilizations kill themselves off, then you must be able to produce a reason why all civilizations kill themselves off. Not "a lot" of them. Not "most" of them. All of them. It only takes one to colonize the galaxy.
Plenty of people question the "initial statements" of the paradox, which is why I have a snappy two word "rare Earth" phrase to explain my position.
Remind me how we know the galaxy hasn't been colonized? For all we know the aliens just take one look at Earth and go "ew, not that one - it's all moldy".