A thought from the nether reaches of the brain:
The Fermi Paradox writes:
The apparent size and age of the universe suggest that many technologically advanced extraterrestrial civilizations ought to exist.
However, this hypothesis seems inconsistent with the lack of observational evidence to support it.
Also:
Wiki writes:
The Drake equation is closely related to the Fermi paradox in that Drake suggested that a large number of extraterrestrial civilizations would form, but that the lack of evidence of such civilizations (the Fermi paradox) suggests that technological civilizations tend to disappear rather quickly.
For this we have the Coyote Solution which is based on the premise, "Practice makes perfect unless you are doing it wrong." It is also based on the famous line from the first Indiana Jones movie,
Raiders of the Lost Ark, spoken by Sallah: "They're digging in the wrong place!"
The Coyote Solution is simple:
If we can't find advanced alien civilizations it's because we're looking in the wrong place!
If we can't detect advanced alien life forms, maybe it's because they're
advanced, and are no longer communicating with smoke signals, which is what we have been scanning the horizon for.
To this we can add the Coyote Rejoinder: Duh!
Edited by Coyote, : No reason given.
Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
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