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  • noun Alternative spelling of Fermi paradox.

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  • Reconciling an optimistic view of extraterrestrial intelligence with the failure to see any signs of galaxy-wide colonization has become known as the Fermi Paradox, a conundrum that has tempted the imagination of many people.

    Seth Shostak: Where Are the Aliens? Fermi Paradox Redux Seth Shostak 2010

  • More discouragement is found in the so-called Fermi Paradox, or the failure of the universe to yield evidence of intelligent alien civilizations.

    How Humanity Will Survive 2008

  • Roughly speaking, the Fermi Paradox is the question of where are the aliens?

    The Fermi Paradox Paradox 2008

  • More discouragement is found in the so-called Fermi Paradox, or the failure of the universe to yield evidence of intelligent alien civilizations.

    How Humanity Will Survive 2008

  • An ancient conundrum, called the Fermi Paradox, had long ago noted that even with the slowest forms of sub-light travel, aliens, if they existed, should long ago have planet-hopped across the galaxy and reached Earth.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2005

  • Some scientists point to the "Fermi Paradox," noting that extraterrestrials should have had plenty of time to colonize the entire galaxy but that perhaps they've blown themselves up.

    Robert Lanza, M.D.: Have Aliens Left the Universe? Theory Predicts We'll Follow 2010

  • Some scientists point to the "Fermi Paradox," noting that extraterrestrials should have had plenty of time to colonize the entire galaxy but that perhaps they've blown themselves up.

    Robert Lanza, M.D.: Have Aliens Left the Universe? Theory Predicts We'll Follow 2010

  • For those of you not in the know, the Fermi Paradox is the idea that is best summed up as “if there is intelligent life out there, why isn’t it here already?”

    2006 May 31 « Whatever 2006

  • For those of you not in the know, the Fermi Paradox is the idea that is best summed up as “if there is intelligent life out there, why isn’t it here already?”

    2006 May « Whatever 2006

  • For those of you not in the know, the Fermi Paradox is the idea that is best summed up as “if there is intelligent life out there, why isn’t it here already?”

    The Fermi Paradox « Whatever 2006

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