Fermi Paradox might make no sense
"Where is everyone?" Right under your nose, perhaps. Not like you would accept that anyway.
Fermi Paradox? Maybe there's no need for it.
Many solutions have been proposed to solve the question Fermi once asked: "where is everyone?" Instead of adding another to the pile, I argue how would the paradox might not be needed at all.
You can check out my explanation about technological advanced aliens being very likely in my last post.
- "I've had contact but noone believes me!" If anyone ever got hard evidence, everyone would just say it's photoshopped. Maybe that one YouTube video is the real deal, after all.
- "They're already among us." Maybe you just couldn't tell the difference. Are you really smart enough to see through their cover up story or distinguish a human from one of them under disguise? Come on.
- "My spider sense isn't tingling..." Keeping us isolated should be a piece of cake. We could turn into soldiers, slaves or even food when we become ripe from their perspective. Human rights? More like alien merchandise.
- "Home alone." Aren't we all their little experiment under constant observation? If they've conquered eternal life, modifying a whole planet to test DNA variations over many ages might be as easy to them as formatting a laptop is to the average geek.
Which of these is more likely to be true?
Considering how advanced alien technology can be, they're all equally possible at the same time. Let's go wild, I've always wanted to get this off my chest.
The park ride
We amuse ourselves by the idea of recreating dinosaur parks. In the same way, walking among us could be just as entertaining to them. Their cloaking could completely illude us, both in physical looks and energy emittance, so we wouldn't ever know.
Genetic manipulation
This is plausible because aliens could have an extraordinarily long life. They could be immortal. Or maybe their cryogenic hybernation is just that good.
If we're a lab experiment, it could be a one billion years experiment. "This planet meets our requirements. Change it to our needs", then no more dinosaurs. This would completely solve the dinosaur paradox, by the way.
We could also be a sub-10 thousand years test run. "This primate's DNA is very compatible with our desired final subject, let's give it a spin." For all I know, Adam and Eve could be the second generation of guinea pigs, while the first made up the three armies of angels of Jehovah, the alien scientist. Noone could prove that's not the case.
This would also link our human ethics to their own, or as they say, "humans were made in the image of God".
Assuming they don't exist could turn their devices into "mysteries of the universe"
This video on YouTube by Ridddle Media could actually depict a patrolling starship. It makes a lot more sense than just a star against the flow of it's own galaxy, anyway. At the 10 minute mark of the video you can see what I mean.
Don't even ask me "how could a spaceship shine so bright", you lowly human, as neither you or I know how their intellect works. Maybe they don't need the sense of sight, so it wouldn't bother them. There are a bazillion answers for this.
Thank you for reading!
I really enjoyed this post.. I think about stuff like this all the time but never really know who to talk to about it.. Putting it on steemit is a good idea to get more discussion on the topic.. I totally believe in aliens, I think you have to be kind of stupid not to considering the size and age of the universe. Humans don't like to admit something out there could be smarter than us, look at all the movies where humans beat an invading alien fleet, like that would ever even be possible with an advanced technology LoL.. Anyhow, I enjoy your posts quite a bit so I followed you..
I've always wanted to talk about this too. Picking a random contact or even friend might get me the "asylum crazy" label, so instead I finally decided to just let it all out. There some more stuff I have to say about it but you might even think it's batshit crazy yourself! Thank you for the support.
I have heard about two other theories that explains the Fermi Paradox. The first one is called the Great Filter (I don't know where it originated). The theory basically says that each civilisation go through different stages, each stage separated by a "filter" or an obstacle, something that is especially hard to overcome. For example, the next great filter for the human race could be interstellar colonisation. If we cannot achieve that, our specie would die as we use up all the resources of this planet. Because of these great filters, the probability of a specie reaching the stage of interstellar travel and communication is low enough that we just haven't encountered one.
The other theory is from the science fiction "The Three Body Problem" and is called the dark forest theory. It says that because interstellar communication is slow and resources is limited, when a civilisation know about another, they cannot easily identify whether they are stronger, or whether they are friendly. In that case, it is far more efficient for an advanced civilisation who is capable to destroy another civilisation very efficiently, to just destroy this civilisation upon first contact. Because of this understanding, no one who is capable of interstellar communication would actually try to reach out to another civilisation. Each civilisation is like a predator in a dark forest, hiding both for their own safety and at the same time eliminating anything that dare to make a sound.
Considering the size of the universe, I don't give that much credit to the Great Filter solution on it's own. Same goes for Dark Forest because I believe it greatly understates the potential of advanced technology.
The Rare Earth solution is my favourite. Assuming the Fermi Paradox is accurate - we're not alone and noone's interfering with us, but we can't find anyone - maybe complex life could just require MANY more specific conditions and our little planet meets them all. There really might not be any aliens if we combine this with the Great Filter.
These are interesting thoughts. I would be keen to hear what you think might be more plausible in your eyes. I am not sure the first 2 are as valid as the later 2. I put it forward that the paradox still probably stands as we know it today. The third would be putting a human centered ethic onto an alien race; see elephant and ant argument. The forth would be interesting but as there only seems to be one path that we have all evolved from rather than disconnected paths, does it seem plausible that aliens would run a 4 billion year experiment?
I've edited the OP to include my answers to you. Please check it out above. EDIT: Refresh it again if you already have as I've updated it some more.
PS: I don't discredit the paradox itself, I just don't think taking it for granted is sane.
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