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Imean,ofcoursewedo.Especiallyme.Lookatmyusernameforcryingoutloud.Andwhat
doweassociatewithspace?Aliens!Orrather,ExtraTerrestrialIntelligence.Wecanassume
we'reoutthereweWANTthemtobe,foravarietyofreasons.

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TLDRforthispost:Aliens.Alienseverywhere.

Sowhyhaven'tweheardfromthem?Oursignalshavegottenprettyfarout,
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Oh.Iguessnot.Damn,thatreallyputsthingsinperspective.Bah,whatever.I'mgoingon
anyways.It'stimetotalkabouttheFERMIPARADOX!!!!
Fortheuninitiated,theFermiParadox(FP,forthesakeofinitialism)isthebrilliantand
extensivetheorylayingoutallthepossibilitiesforE.T.SeriouslyALLofthem.Thisthing
does.Not.End.ButdoIcare?No!Thisisscience!Theactualkindnottheimgurkind.

Let'susePlanetXasanexample.

IfXis8billionyearsolderthanus,wecanassumeforthesakeoftheParadoxthatany
inhabitantsarethatfaraheadofus.Let'sbereal.Technologyone*thousand*yearsaheadof
uswillbeprettyrad.Technologyseveral*billions*ofyears?Thefuckouttahere.

It'sbeensaidtherearemorestarsintheuniversethangrainsofsandon
PlanetEarth

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Theactualnumberisabouttenthousand(10,000)starspergrain.That'safreakin'buttload
ofstars.Infact,itgetsbetter.Thereareasmanygalaxiesintheobservableuniversealone
astherearestarsinOURFREAKINGGALAXY.Idon'tknowaboutyou,butmymind=blown.
Let'sdosomemath.Withagrandtotalof100billionstarsintheMilkyWay(that'sa
conservativefigure,bytheway)thereare100billiongalaxies.So100,000,000,000^2is
10^22.THAT'SAONEWITHTWENTYTWOZEROS.Withthatnumberofstars,weestimate
thatfivetotwentypercentofthemare"sunlike."Forthispost,we'llusemostlythelowendof
thescalestokeepthingssimple.So,5%of10^22givesusagrandtotaloffive.
...hundredbillionbillion,or500quintillion.

WENEEDTOGODEEPER

Theongoingdebateishowmanyearthlikeplanetsthereare.Thesmartscienceypeople
guesstimatethatanywherefrom2050%ofsunlikestarshaveearthlikeplanets.Take
twentypercentof500quintillionandwhatdoyouget?100billionbillion.Foreverygrainof
sand,thereareonehundredplanetsthatcouldsupportlifeasweknowit.
I'llspeedthingsuphere.Ifonlyonepercentoftheseplanetshostsintelligentlife,thenwe
havetenmillionbillionracesintheobservableuniverse,andupwardsofonehundred
thousandadvancedcivilizationsspreadoutover1,000,000,000planetsinourowngalaxy.Hi,
neighbors!!

Therearethreetypesofcivilizations.
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AType1:Theracehasharnessedallenergyaffordedtothembytheirhomeworld.That's
prettycool,consideringHumansaren'tevenaT1yet.Comeon,guys.Getyourshittogether.
AType2:Liketheexamplepicturedabove,aT2hassomehowbeenabletoaccessthe
completeenergyoftheirhoststar.Noice.
AType3:Thebigkahunaoftheuniverse.AType3civilizationhastranscendedknown
limitationsandcanutilizepowersuppliesequaltotheMilkyWaygalaxy.That'llfryyour
iPhoneforsure.OrchargeyourNokiainabouthalfanhour.

Hello,darkness,myoldfriend.

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Wait,wait,wait.Thereareawholelottaplanetsoutthere.Shouldn'tatleastSOMEofthem
begalaxyconqueringT3sbynow?
Yes.Aboutathousandcivilizations,usingtheestablishedmodel,wouldbeT3s.
Sowe'dbehearingthem,right?That'sawholelottaruckustogoundetected,evenifthey
havehyperadvancedtechnology.
ThisiswheretheFermiParadoxkicksin.Rememberthatoriginalquestionwhyhaven'twe
heardfromthemyet?Therearealmostasmanyexplanations,itseems,asintelligent
civilizations.SoI'mgonnastartoffwiththebasics."Twopossibilitiesexist:eitherweare
aloneintheUniverseorwearenot.Bothareequallyterrifying.(ArthurC.Clarke)

Let'sstartoffwith:Wearealone.Atleast,withregardstointelligentraces.

Yaaay!Moresubtheories.WHYarewealone?Whatmakesusaheadofthecurve?There
arethreepossibilities,andallofthemaretiedtoaneventcalled,"TheGreatFilter,"which
weedsoutgreatcivilizationsfromtherest.

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TheGreatFilterisdustinthewind.

ThefirstpossibilityisthatwearebeyondtheFilter.PerhapstheGFisthejumpfromsimple
prokaryotestoeukaryoticlife.Maybeitstheformationoflifeitself.WhatevertheGreatFilter
was,itcouldbethatwe'rebeyonditandtherestoftheuniverseisstillstrugglingwithit.

TheGreatFilterisnonexistant.

Ok,thisgoesagainstwhatIsaidjustaminuteago,butjustrollwithit.Here'sthegistofit:
humansareevolvingwhenwearebecausetheuniverseisjustnowenteringanerawhere
lifecanformtoT1levels.Wesimplyareleadingthechargeandarebecomingoneofthefirst
greatcivilizations.

TheGreatFilterisaheadofus.

DundunDUUUUNNNN!!!!
Well,thisisabitintimidatingtothinkabout.MaybetheGFisanevolutionarystagethat
HomoSapienshaveyettoenter.Itcouldalsobeanaturalcataclysm,likeagammaburst
thateliminatesalllifeonEarthoranysuchevent.
Astrobiologistssaythatsilenceisgoldenrightnow.Marsistheexampleused.Ifwefind
simplelifeontheRedPlanet,itmeanstheGreatFilterisnotanearlyonoccurrencethat
we'vealreadyovercome.Ontheotherhand,ifwefindtheremainsofcomplexlife,itmeans

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theGFiscertainlyloomingoverus.Rightnow,thebestwecandoispraythathumanityis
pasttheFilter.

Ontotheexcitingstuff.

Imaginetheheadlines:"Martiansinvade!""E.T.ComestoEarth!""UnitedNationsPrepares
forAlienContact!"
Theseandmorearewhatwe'llseewhenwediscoverthatextraterrestrialintelligenceisout
there.Andifthey'reoutthere,weneedtoexplainwhythey'vebeensilentformostofhistory.
Therearetentheoriesherebuckleup,kiddos,'causeI'mgonnahitthemall.

1)Alienswereherebefore

EverwatchAncientAliens?Yougettheidea.Butfortheuninitiated,theAATheorydictates
thatearlyhumans,notadvancedones,weretheonesthathadcontactwithextraterrestrials.

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2)They'vecolonizedtherestofthegalaxy

Basically,they'vecolonizedtheentiregalaxy(orpartsofit)buthaveleftourareaalone,
presumablybecausethereisn'tanythingheretomakecolonizationworththeeffort.

3)Theysimplyaren'texploringandclaimingnewworlds

Theycouldseeitasunnecessary,orbarbaric.Perhapsevenlivinginaphysicalworldis
beyondthem,andthey'veevolvedbeyondorganiclifeandliveinavirtualreality.

4)Therearepredatorycultures

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Itsoundscrazy,Iknow,butitisn'timpossible!Therecouldbeatypeof"predator"
civilizationsthatkeeptheotherracesdown

5)Thereisa"superpredator"race

Thistheorystatesthatthereisonehyperadvancedcivilizationthatlistensforsignsof
advancingraces(*cough**cough*humans*cough*)andeliminatesthembeforetheycan
poseathreat.Notcool,guys.Notcool.

6)Wecan'tunderstandtheirsignals

Simpleenough.Afterall,wecanassumethatthey'vedevelopednewmeansof
communicationifthey'respreadthroughoutthegalaxy.Makessensethatwewouldn'tbe
abletodeciphertheirtransmissions.

7)Thegovernmentishidingtheevidence

911wasaninsidejob.RonPaulforPresident.
thenword

8)TheZoohypothesis

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WeallknowandlovetheZooHypothesis.We'rejustsomeprimitivespeciesinanenclosure
andsomehigherlifeformisobservingusforhisMaster'sThesis.Icandigit.

9)Aliensexistinawaywecan'tcomprehend

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Dr.MichioKakuhasthebestexplanationforthisidea.Ifwebuilda10lanefreewaynextto
ananthill,willthatantsunderstandwhat'shappening?Wouldtheycomprehendthe
significanceofthestructurebeingerectedbesidethem?No,probablynot.They'djustgo
abouttheirbusiness,neverthewiser.

10)We'rewrongaboutthiswholedarnthingcalled"life"

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Guys,whenitcomesdowntoit,we'rejustsomefancylookingprimatesthatknowhowto
speakdifferentlanguagesandlookupatthesky.We'vedonealotofgreatthings,butwe
don'tknoweverythingabouttheuniverse.Infact,weknowvery,verylittle.
That'swhyIlovesciencesodamnmuch.Itneverends.Wecouldstudyforthousandsof
years,devoteourbestmindstotheproblemssurroundingus,andstillbedumbashell.
Neverskimpout,friends.Neverbeintimidatedbythegrandnessoftheuniverse,andbe
gratefulforyourcapacitytostudy,theorize,andintellectuallyevolve.
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ConfessionBearTime

So,yeah.Thatsaysitall.IwantedtogiveyouguyssomeeasyaccesstothesciencethatI
love,soImadethisposttohelpaccomplishthat.
TheFermiParadoxissomeprettyincrediblestuff.Butdon'ttakemywordforit.Ifyouwantto
readtheoriginalarticle,youcanfinditathttp://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermiparadox.html

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This...thiswasabrilliantpieceofwriting.Gavemeinstantchills!
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IfeellikeIlearnedalotbutwhatwastheparadoxpartofit?
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+1forscience...andjusticecozyourpostwasblatantlycopiedandmadeFP
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Thisisso1980.GotoYouTubeSiriusDisclosure.Extraordinaryevidencealreadyexists.
Theyarealreadyhere.

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