2009-03-06

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2009-03-06 02:19 pm
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Fermi's Paradox

Fermi's Paradox is the famous question, "if there are other intelligent life forms in the galaxy, why aren't they here?"

Via [livejournal.com profile] jaylake, I find that the real question is when were they here?. Basically, Charles Magee, the blogger, generated 50 random alien visits in the 5 billion years that the solar system has been around.

On only three occasions would the hypothetical aliens have observed multi-cellular life. The rest of the time, it was just microbes if that.

The universe is a big place, and old too.