some thoughts about the Fermi paradox
Eons ago, our universe was created thanks to the Big Bang, and a few eons later, we got to see and understand its magnificence, and the infinite amounts of mind-blowing phenomena, and other things that we barely get to see and comprehend with top of the edge technology, but one phenomenon shines upon them all, and that one is its ability to create life. Enrico Fermi understood what intelligent life meant, and he realized how breathtakingly big it actually is. Later he asked himself, where are all the aliens? After that, he began to do a few calculations, and just to come across some pretty high and unreliable estimates, then he realized those numbers contradicted the fact that we have not had any kind of contact with any extraterrestrial beings, and after that, the Fermi paradox came to existence. After all, Fermi constructed his paradox resorting to a logical basis, some hypothetical explanations for the paradox, and the outcome of a possible extraterrestrial arrival; in fact, most humans say that this paradox is confusing and hard to convey, but it will remain as a possible explanation for one of the most controversial topics amongst scientific communities, and a mesmerizing topic for most citizens around the world.
Enrico Fermi was definitely a good scientist; however, not even Fermi was capable of gathering and analyzing all the information necessary to comprehend such a complicated duality of arguments, so in order to get more reliable results, he used the Drake equation to convey his ideas into a more functioning logical basis, then he realized that the chances of having intelligent life were quite large just in his galaxy, and when you add to the equation the fact that our galaxy is really ancient ,you realize that we should be watching spaceships going through the starry night on a daily basis. Soon enough, Fermi realized that there was another factor that he did not take into account, and that was the possible existence of some great barriers that do not allow civilizations to grow into their full capacities. The so called barriers or filters are a new variable that reduced the possibilities from millions into only a few; in fact, a lot of scientists say we humans are pretty lucky, we have a fairly big moon compared to our host planet, and we are being protected by the massive planet Jupiter, that eliminates most of the possible asteroid collisions, even though those collisions already happened destroying most life forms living at a given time here on earth.
A lot of hypothetical scenarios are likely to happen for a civilization that still does not have spatial technologies like a Dyson sphere, but the reality is that it will be hard for us to understand other forms, and just imagining what any advanced species could think about, is something mind-blowing, but the reality is that many civilizations probably get to a point where they realize that reality is boring, and they start developing artificial systems so advanced that would allow them to have a life without limitations. Therefore, why would they want to contact other species that cannot understand them? It would be like trying to talk to an ant, even if you manage to find a fairly smart ant, it is still an ant, and you cannot explain to an ant what the quantum realm is like, unless you have some pretty high, and the truth is that most advanced forms of life consume energy in unimaginable ways, so their nature would be the one of destroying others just for the reason that they need to survive, and if that implies killing a planet filled with weird species that are already destroying themselves, then they will do it. And that is why finding other life forms might not be as good as we expect.
When it comes to finding life in a scientifically efficient way, you need to use extremely advanced telescopes that can dissect a planet to find if it is suitable for life, the humans have a lot of scientific organizations looking for those planets and they seem to be doing a pretty great job at doing so; in fact, an alien mega structure was about to be found in the star of tabby, but the reality is that most earthlings are not aware of what that means, as soon as a civilization becomes aware of the fact that they are not alone in the universe, they are prone to becoming even more advanced than what they already are, curiosity is a really useful tool and when it is combined with perseverance, you end up getting some impressive results, the spatial programs would have a stronger reason to exist; however, not everyone is going to take that in a good way, the panic and the conspiracy theories would flood all known media platforms, mostly because humans are afraid of what they do not understand, but for sure it would be a huge step forward in human history, and most jobs and studies would get more related with space than ever before, and that would be an step closer to a type 2 civilization.
Overall, humankind is fulfilled with curiosity and a massive willpower to reach new barriers, and that can be seen with the Fermi paradox. The Fermi paradox is just what most humans do when they think about extraterrestrial beings, but he took a smarter approach by using mathematical and logical explanations that would end up telling us that there are factors in the equations that we cannot fully comprehend yet, such as the existence of the great filters or even the fact that our technology is not advanced enough to understand what they are trying to tell us, and it might well be that they do not want to contact a civilization that is still too naïve, it could be dangerous for us. The truth is that we need further development, and that will come along with more chances of getting to know our neighbors in our spatial neighborhood, if there are actually any around. Probably the main question that brought to life this entire paradox will remain unanswered for years, not to say centuries, but until we understand the fact that we need to work together as a civilization, and that we should not try to destroy ourselves for any given disagreements, We will be alone, and maybe they are watching us, just waiting for the perfect moment to stablish contact
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