01-17-2017, 07:27 AM
This is one of my favourite solutions to the Fermi Paradox. No sentient species should colonise a distant object, if there is any risk of that object attacking the homeworld. It is mentioned on the site, under the heading Light Speed Paranoia
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/4f82cdbe9e378
I hope, and expect, that a set of truly intelligent entities would find some way of avoiding the paranoia trap, but as Slartibartfast once said, everyone in the universe is paranoid (and sometimes with good reason).
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/4f82cdbe9e378
I hope, and expect, that a set of truly intelligent entities would find some way of avoiding the paranoia trap, but as Slartibartfast once said, everyone in the universe is paranoid (and sometimes with good reason).