Fermi paradox

Fermi Paradox English Alternative forms en Fermi Paradox Etymology en physicist Enrico Fermi 1901 1954 =. Proper noun en exobiology The seeming contradiction, serving as a challenge to believers in the existence of advanced lifeforms throughout the universe, that there is no scientific evidence that extraterrestrial civilizations have tried to visit or communicate with Earth. en 2006 Kevin W. Plaxco; Michael Gross Astrobiology: A Brief Introduction 246 9780801883668 http://books.google.ca/books?id=OjYSAA5oHdcC&pg=PA246&dq=%22Fermi+paradox%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=%22Fermi%20paradox%22&f=false Fermi argued that the fact that aliens don't seem to be hanging out with us here on Earth (the tabloid stories aside) strongly contradicts the assumed existence of intelligent life elsewhere in our galaxy, a problem that came to be known as the Fermi Paradox. See also en Drake equation en exobiology en Sagan's paradox Further reading Fermi paradox, Fermi Paradox, en Astrobiology Paradoxes