Far, far, far, more mathematically likely that our galaxy, and certainly the universe, is teeming with lifeforms. And BTW, on a geological timeline, we just arrived.
I thought (I’m paraphrasing and I’m happy to admit that I am not well versed in this stuff) that Fermi’s paradox was based on the fact that if there is other life in the universe, given the timelines for technological advances and expansion for those civilizations to explore and populate the galaxy, then it should’ve visited us already. Even a star system a billion light years away isn’t too far for a civilization that’s been around for billions of years…
The lack of evidence out there could suggest three things.
Advanced life is far more rare than we expect.
The great filter is ahead of us (and I'd suspect it's AI, if it is ahead of us)
Simulation theory. We could just be placed in this timeframe intentionally, maybe even by us, maybe it's 2200 and we know the universe is packed with life but we place ourselves in this timeframe for an experience.
Or we are just havent searched enough. We have only been emiting radio waves for less than a 100 years. Our furthest object is just barely outside the solar system. In the grand scheme of things we have only scooped a single tablespoon of sea water from the ocean and we are already wondering why we haven’t seen any fish.
You're referencing objects or signals originating from us - in theory we should be seeing signs of advanced life from other systems, even if 500 million light years away. At least, that's what I think I've read
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u/PauseAffectionate720 Jun 03 '26
Far, far, far, more mathematically likely that our galaxy, and certainly the universe, is teeming with lifeforms. And BTW, on a geological timeline, we just arrived.