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Originally Posted by Orwn Acra
There inevitably exists or has existed lifeforms elsewhere in the universe, which is more or less infinite and therefore has produced more or less infinite environments for life to exist…
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There is, of course, the famous
Fermi paradox. In 1950 at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the renowned physicist Enrico Fermi walked to lunch with some colleagues who were discussing various topics, including recent UFO reports. Later, while seated at their table and taking about other things, Fermi suddenly said, “Where is everybody?”
Fermi’s fellow scientists laughed heartily because they understood the question referred to the earlier passing talk about UFOs and because they understood the apparent contradiction between the lack of evidence and high probability estimates for the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations. There is no answer to the Fermi Paradox, only “possible explanations.” And if you ask a dozen different scientists what their guess is about the correct one, you’ll get a dozen different answers. The entire subject makes for fascinating reading.
Richard