[ExI] Discussion of whether the Fermi Paradox is a fallacy

[John Clark]

On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:


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> *> To the extent we can say anything about aliens, the most likely thingis
> John's case, we are the first in our light cone.But I don't say this with
> much conviction.  It is a big and strangeuniverse, and there may be a
> filter that wipes out all tech-capableraces and that's the reason we don't
> see them.*


*But it doesn't matter if a civilization goes extinct after it has made a
Von Neumann Probe, and we are less than a decade away from being able to
make one ourselves. So I don't see how to reconcile that fact with
intelligent life being common in the observable universe.   *

* John K Clark *



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