Here we go again !
New explanation postulated for Fermi paradox
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Enrico Fermi, the famous Italian physicist, once asked the question; if intelligent life has come to exist many times in our galaxy, why is there no sign of it? It’s a clearly valid point, when you consider the number of planets and solar systems that exist out there. If there are other intelligent beings out there somewhere, how come they haven’t responded to our messages?
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We've discussed the Fermi paradox a few times here lately.
The Wiki entry provides a really broad summary coverage of most of the various perspectives we've come up with, and then some.
I'm excited .. because this is the first time I've seen anyone legitimately paying any credence to the alternative possibility of
no exo-life…
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… is it conceivable, that the events that led to our existence are so rare that there really isn’t anyone else out there?
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and then even my perspective on it all (a huge rarity, and yet the most supportable):
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Kent’s paper has no doubt some added credence due to his support of Stephen Hawking’s parallel suggestion in “Into the Universe,” the Discovery Channel documentary that made headlines all over the world last year; but as with all hypothetical suppositions, ultimately, it’s all, as Kent himself reminds us, pure speculation; at least until we hear otherwise from someone out there who can settle the matter for us, once and for all.
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By the way, this guy, 'Adrian Kent', is no slouch in the Quantum Physics field. He was a member of the Cambridge Centre for Quantum Information and Foundations (CQIF), reflecting the broad range of its research activities. The Cambridge CQIF is based at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), within the Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
The paper:
"Too Damned Quiet", is well worth the read.
Cheers