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Re:Grabby Aliens: A Resolution to the Fermi Paradox by bsder on Monday October 31, 2022 @05:55PM (#33413841)
> So the solution to the Fermi paradox is that by the time you have the tech to travel between solar systems there is no longer any need to do so.

I don't buy that. Human society ALWAYS has a few malcontents who simply want to do something "because it's there."

I find it hard to believe that any evolutionarily successful race wouldn't also have some individuals with the same kind of drive.

Re:Grabby Aliens: A Resolution to the Fermi Paradox by jandrese on Monday October 31, 2022 @08:57PM (#33415626)
It's kind of like asking why we don't have any driven individuals who do a solo swim from Hammerfest to Port Lockroy. Even with a high tech society the resource requirements are extreme. It is likely to require significant collective effort to build a ship and especially to fuel it. Thousands of metric tons of fuel at a minimum if you want to reach anywhere in only a few lifetimes, probably millions.