Aliens haven’t contacted Earth because there’s no sign of intelligence here, new answer to the Fermi paradox suggests. From The Astrophysical Journal, 941(2), 184.
think about it for a sec… even if the nearest intelligent life that COULD see us. is probably seeing us a few thousand years ago.. and well.. we weren’t exactly doing great back then.. making shit out of rocks, no technology, maybe some fire.. but hell even natural things can make fire.. so yah, we were just basic farmers and explorers.. with some basic communication skills.. nothing more. no advance civilization would take there time on us at this point.. we probably won’t see any interested Aliens for a good 500 years or more.. WHY? because at this rate they could see the advancements we made over the last 500 years and then project where about we are now, and our intelligence level.. enough to try and esblish contact.. and this is assuming they are in a few thousand lightyears of us and have noticed us in the last 100 years (hopefully due to atomic bomb or something that might move faster than light but we haven’t discovered it.. like gravity waves or something)
Yeah the title isn’t accurate at all; This is talking about a potential reason we haven’t been directly contacted – namely that other advanced civilizations have not received our radio signals yet.
urnewstepdaddy says
We are a drive thru Safari- UAP sightings have alien families laughing
bstowers says
I would posit that there are very distinct signs of a lack of intelligence here.
JakeJacob says
ITT: People that didn’t read the article.
HonestCup20 says
think about it for a sec… even if the nearest intelligent life that COULD see us. is probably seeing us a few thousand years ago.. and well.. we weren’t exactly doing great back then.. making shit out of rocks, no technology, maybe some fire.. but hell even natural things can make fire.. so yah, we were just basic farmers and explorers.. with some basic communication skills.. nothing more. no advance civilization would take there time on us at this point.. we probably won’t see any interested Aliens for a good 500 years or more.. WHY? because at this rate they could see the advancements we made over the last 500 years and then project where about we are now, and our intelligence level.. enough to try and esblish contact.. and this is assuming they are in a few thousand lightyears of us and have noticed us in the last 100 years (hopefully due to atomic bomb or something that might move faster than light but we haven’t discovered it.. like gravity waves or something)
menlindorn says
If you’re driving cross-country, you don’t stop in Bumblefuck, Missouri. Makes sense.
SelectionTable says
Earth: a primitive race where god plays a major role in daily living and politics
certain_people says
Yeah I haven’t seen many signs of intelligence here either
rood_sandstorm says
Or…… what if there isn’t any other “intelligent” life out there. What if this is it
Vagrant123 says
Yeah the title isn’t accurate at all; This is talking about a potential reason we haven’t been directly contacted – namely that other advanced civilizations have not received our radio signals yet.
It has nothing to do with our intelligence.
Tradman86 says
Mostly harmless
ir_blues says
Posting that to r/science is some probably unintentional, nontheless high level, trolling.
Flutters1013 says
“They came here, saw a traffic jam of off-road vehicles, and left” – Gallagher
ManMadeMyth says
I don’t disagree.
Beautiful_Fee1655 says
Another possibility is that we are not very tasty.
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