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EdgarAllenPorn t1_iye6pea wrote

Reply to comment by i_stole_your_swole in Extragalactic SETI looks for life beyond the Milky Way. But where? In game theory one solution is a Schelling point — a single event that draws different group's attention. A binary neutron star merger could act as one, because observers across the universe will all be looking in the same direction. by EricFromOuterSpace

I always wonder about some of the assumptions built in to this. Like the idea that we'll just continue to grow in numbers forever. I mean human history shows a decrease in birth rates as living standards improve; maybe most species just find a stasis point of how many of them exist and it's less than "the whole galaxy". If that's true, then it's really not surprising we don't see any. If there were 100 individual stars with civilization around them in our galaxy, even if they'd been there a billion years there's basically zero chance we'd have seen them

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multiversesimulation t1_iyef43y wrote

In my opinion I’ve always viewed the Fermi Paradox as a qualitative thought experiment, not hard and fast rule.

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