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Re:Grabby Aliens: A Resolution to the Fermi Paradox by mmazing on Monday October 31, 2022 @11:57AM (#33407636)
> "Your argument #2 (that's the exact same as the zoo hypothesis) needs an extremely good reason for no alien at all trying to kill us and take Earth. And we currently lack any good reason."

Maybe life supporting planets are abundant and there's no reason to risk a conflict with us?

We've certainly been detecting a lot of them anyhow.

It could be equivalent to me going to Africa to fight a lion for its den instead of just renting an apartment.

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Re:Grabby Aliens: A Resolution to the Fermi Paradox by marcosdumay on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:42PM (#33410587)
It doesn't matter how plentiful planets are; and it doesn't matter if planets are not the aliens favorite environment. Living beings tend to get at every single place, unless something really compelling is stopping them.

(And we have a large history of killing lions to get their habitat. We do lot of that with ants too, and all kinds of insects like the sibling comment seems to ignore.)

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