Jim SalterThis is the best take on Fermi's Paradox that I've ever seen.
Charlie O’Hara@jimsalter I’ve always assumed that intelligent life is so rare that it appears only once every few galaxies. There’s just no way for any species to communicate at that distance, let alone to traverse the distance at sublight. Each one truly, truly alone. 😭
@awfulwoman if you assume that becoming technological doesn't extend the likely lifespan of a species--which seems extremely likely--the odds of us existing at precisely the right time to intercept another intelligent species' radio noise even WITHIN the galaxy are pretty damn remote.
Even crocodiles would be wildly unlikely to have been around to intercept such a brief window, and it seems VERY unlikely that we'll make it to a single million years of tech, let alone hundreds of millions.
@jimsalter mate, you’re talking to someone who read Cosmos cover to cover when she was 8. 😂
@awfulwoman me too, but I was WILDLY more optimistic about practical FTL travel back then. I didn't really understand why Fermi's Paradox *isn't* a paradox at all until sometime in my early thirties, IIRC.
Cassandrich@jimsalter @awfulwoman I am absolutely optimistic about FTL and that's why I accept that it's not possible.
Impossibility of fascism ruling the entire universe or even multiple star systems is the most wonderful thing possible.
Irenes (many)@dalias @awfulwoman it's essentially impossible for fascism to rule the one planet we already have, for that matter. They can't get rid of us any more than we can get rid of them. Humans try All The Things, both good and bad. It's hard wired into the design.
It depresses me that the fight against fascism can never be won once and for all, but it's a relief that it can never be LOST once and for all either.