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Sep 7, 2026 30 min

[2.9b] Solving the Fermi Paradox (Bonus)

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In this episode we walk through some potential solutions to the fermi paradox, and then apply the now-likely reality that our own Von Neumann probes are probably only a few million years away from seeing most of the galaxy. What is out there waiting for them? What does our pending success mean for the likelihood of different fermi paradox hypotheses? Eric Jones, Los Alamos memo reconstructing Fermi's 1950 lunch remark (1985) Frank Drake, the Drake Equation (1961) Michael Hart, "An Explanation for the Absence of Extraterrestrials on Earth" (1975) Ian Crawford, Scientific American (July 2000) Frank Tipler, "Extraterrestrial Intelligent Beings Do Not Exist" (1980) Robin Hanson, "The Great Filter — Are We Almost Past It?" (1996) Vernor Vinge, "The Coming Technological Singularity" (1993) Robin Hanson, Daniel Martin, Calvin McCarter, Jonathan Paulson, "If Loud Aliens Explain Human Earliness, Quiet Aliens Are Also Rare" (2021) Peter Behroozi & Molly Peeples, MNRAS (2015)

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