Jim SalterThis is the best take on Fermi's Paradox that I've ever seen.
Jon GerdesThere is another contributor to the paradox that I don't see trotted out very often.
That blasted c thing! The speed of light and that hyper inflation thang means that vast areas of the universe are outside of those cute light cone things that you see in text books and QuantaMag articles.
The universe is too large to know if we can possibly communicate with all intelligent paradoxes.
I look forwards or perhaps backwards to the suitable XKCD.
@gerdesj yeah, I talk about that a lot. I think most people who talk about Fermi's are aware of c... But most of them are science fiction fans, so even if they don't think FTL will ever happen, they still tend to think that a technological species should survive essentially forever. Which, if true, would leave the paradox intact.
But if you assume no greater lifespan for a technological civilization than for a typical species... Well. No more paradox.