<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nStart with the numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are hundreds of billions of galaxies<\/strong>.
Each with hundreds of billions of stars<\/strong>.
Many of those stars host planets.
Some of those planets sit in habitable zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe maths doesn\u2019t whisper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It shouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Life should not be rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Intelligent life should not be unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And yet\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
nothing has been confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No signal.
No contact.
No undeniable artefact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n<\/span>The Fermi Paradox<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nEnrico Fermi asked a simple question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cWhere is everybody?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nIf life is common,
if intelligence arises,
if technology develops\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
then the universe should already be full of visible activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Civilisations should spread.
Signals should overlap.
Evidence should accumulate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it hasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That gap \u2014 between expectation and observation \u2014 is the paradox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n<\/span>Possible Answers (None Comfortable)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/span>1. We\u2019re Early<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIntelligence is rare, and humanity is among the first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unlikely.
But possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n<\/span>2. We\u2019re Late<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nCivilisations rise\u2026 and fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The universe may be full of ruins, not voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n<\/span>3. The Great Filter<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nSome step between life and advanced civilisation is incredibly hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n