Alien Boredom: A New Spin on the Fermi Paradox
👽 The Silence of the Stars: Is Alien Boredom the Answer to the Fermi Paradox? For decades, humanity has peered into the vast expanse of the cosmos and asked a simple, profound question: "Where is everybody?" This is the heart of the Fermi Paradox , the jarring contradiction between the high probability of extraterrestrial civilizations (ETCs) existing and the complete lack of convincing evidence for their presence. We are left with the "Great Silence," a cosmic quietude that has inspired theories ranging from apocalyptic galactic filters to deliberate concealment. However, a recent and refreshingly grounded theory proposed by Dr. Robin Corbet , a senior research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, suggests the answer may be far more mundane —so mundane, in fact, that it’s almost anticlimactic. Corbet’s theory, which he calls "Radical Mundanity," posits that aliens haven't contacted us, or have stopped trying,...