Questions tagged [fermi-paradox]
the contradiction that if there is lots of life in the galaxy why hasn't Earth been visited yet?
2 questions
19
votes
3
answers
3k
views
Can't remember name of Sci Fi first contact Novel, "solution to the Fermi paradox"
I'm looking for the name of a "first contact" novel, where humans (in the future, who are fairly advanced) receive a signal from an alien world. There's debate about how to respond, or if they should ...
- 191
6
votes
2
answers
428
views
Why weren't there any aliens in Time?
I recently finished listening to an audio book version of Stephen Baxter's Time. I listened to almost the entire story but I missed a few short segments due to various distractions and it was ...
- 23.2k