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Re:Space Is Full of Planets, and Most of Them Don't Even Hav... by coldtea on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @06:16AM (#17186469)
Fermi's paradox is just a hand-waving argument involving tons of unknown probabilities.

It's not a given that alien civilizations "should" have developed this or that technology that we ourselves don't have.

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Re:Space Is Full of Planets, and Most of Them Don't Even Hav... by perfmode on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @09:19AM (#17187410)
it’s a probabilistic argument, so it is inherently about “should”
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