[ExI] for the fermi paradox fans

[spike]

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[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of BillK
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>...The Fermi paradox concerns our own galaxy. Why hasn't our galaxy been
colonised already? Where are the signs of life in our galaxy?  Where is
everybody?

Oy that question has been driving me nuts for years.

>...Whatever they are doing must be pretty fascinating to keep them so
quiet.  :)  BillK
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I'll say.  Back in the 80s, Carl Sagan had us all convinced that life had to
be short-lived, and that the Fermi paradox suggests it always nukes itself
into oblivion.  But this presents a really exciting possibility, kinda like
when you and I discovered girls.  Our brains were missing in action for a
while, ja?  Something really exciting came along, and we just weren't as
interested in our legos and GI Joes anymore.  The modern version of that is
how the internet came along and replaced television: way more interesting
and interactive.  I haven't had television for nearly 8 yrs now and I don't
miss it.  So this explanation of the Fermi silence suggests we will soon
find something so cool and interesting, we won't really care what goes on in
distant galaxies.  I hope I live to see that.

spike