Friday, February 05, 2016

Answer to the Fermi Paradox?

According to the Internet Bible:

The Fermi paradox or Fermi's paradox, named after Enrico Fermi, is the apparent contradiction between high estimates of the probability of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations, such as in the Drake equation, and the lack of evidence for such civilizations.


The basic points of the argument, made by physicists Enrico Fermi (1901–1954) and Michael H. Hart (born 1932), are:
  • The Sun is a normal star and might be, in some respects, typical, and there are billions of stars in the galaxy, including many billions of years older than Earth.
  • With high probability, some of these stars will have Earth-like planets, and if the Earth is typical, some might develop intelligent life.
  • Some of these civilizations might develop interstellar travel, a step the Earth is investigating now.
  • Even at the slow pace of currently envisioned interstellar travel, the Milky Way galaxy could be completely traversed in about a million years.
According to this line of thinking, the Earth could reasonably have already been visited by extraterrestrial aliens. In an informal conversation, Fermi noted no convincing evidence of this, nor any signs of alien intelligence anywhere in the observable universe, leading him to ask, "Where is everybody?" There have been many attempts to explain the Fermi paradox.

First, I must recommend this book to my book club of one (and none).

ENDEAVOUR - by Ralph Kern. Hard science fiction for hard men and women. Faxing and scanning meat. Its incredible. Go read it. Now. I was not paid to say this.

However, here is the real reason for my post. This video gives a cruel but possible answer as to WHY NOBODY HAS MADE CONTACT WITH OUR PLANET. And yes, I nearly wet myself laughing at this. You'll either find it hysterical or stupid. Let's see how awesome you are:



Also if you enjoyed this, then go check out WORLD OF TOMORROW, now on Netflix!!! Its hilarious and pokes fun at were we are... and where we are going. Seriously, don't miss it before its gone.

One Of Last Year's Best Movies Is Only 16 Minutes Long ...