Fermi Paradox: 10 Reasons to Assume we are Not Alone

An exploration of some Fermi Paradox related reasons that it's highly unlikely that we are the only intelligent life in the universe.

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[cgzigxr]

Just so you know John. Most of us wake up the next day and listen again so we can see what we missed after falling asleep. Surely I am not alone in this?

[AD-dftm]

I have always been pretty convinced that time is the solution to the Fermi paradox. Considering the vast VAST amounts of time we are talking about it seems incredibly unlikely that multiple intelligent species would be around at the same time.

Like just stop and think about it. Let's say a species rose up right when earth was formed and they thrived for 500 million years (which is a really REALLY long time based on how we are going). That means they still would have be dead and gone for *4 billion years* before we came along.

[evantoner]

Personally I find a combination of the rare earth, early in the game, rare complexity and intelligence, and the fact that we’ve only scratched the surface of searching to be a satisfactory answer to the Fermi paradox

[katy-pm]

It’s sad to think there are lifeforms who may have developed in a galaxy filled with life - so their civilization are able to confirm alien life - meanwhile us humans are so far away from others that we are essentially alone, left to ponder the question that can never be answered, simply because of a dice roll that had us created in a pocket of space with only us in it.

[Sanquinity]

I find it hard to believe that there's no other intelligent life out there. The universe is simply too big for intelligent life to have only happened once. The issue is that same immense size though. We might simply be so far away from other intelligent life that we'll never be able to meet or even see them.

[Handsomeanthony]

New space ASMR, just in time for bed. You’re the best, John.

[BrettonFerguson]

That could make a good sci-fi story. Humans build a ship that travels .999 light speed to search the galaxy for life. They find nothing the whole time and finally get to the other end of the galaxy where they discover an inhabited technological planet, only to discover it is inhabited by humans who discovered wormhole technology five thousand years after they launched.

[ericcloud]

you complete my bed time ritual John, every time you upload I know I'll have no problem winding down for bed. Your podcast "Event Horizon" is for daytime listening, during commuting or down time. But it's this channel I find myself checking more nights than not, just in case I missed an upload lol

[joshf]

We can't even decisively say if we're alone in our solar system, let alone the universe. I find the fermi paradox incredibly presumptuous.

[BaleFieldAce]

Man you've been on a roll the last couple of weeks. Great episode as usual.

[angelsanabria]

I’m a truck driver and I listen to your show while I drive. It helps me relax.

[martinstallard]

0:52 10. Organic Chemistry and Repeatability
3:42 9. Life is Resilient
6:55 8. The Question of Habitability
8:49 7. The Sheer Amount of Habitable Stars
10:14 6. Maybe We Don't Know How To Look
12:07 5. Anthropocentrism
14:07 4. Do We All Exist at the Same Time
15:17 3. All Aliens have Traveled to the Future
16:59 2. The Very Large Universe
18:35 1. Life in the Multiverse

[OptimusGnarkill]

Exactly the topic I was in the mood for. You’re a wizard, John.

[spacetexan]

I know we aren’t alone, but man would it be great to have some rock solid proof!

[siyandamanqina]

Its stupid to asume aliens dont exist because if aliens looked at Earth from millions of lightyears away they would also have no idea we exist

[stuart]

I like to imagine what would have happened if the dinosaurs had never gone extinct? It's entirely possible that reptiles could be the dominating species on Earth. Environmental factors are everything and they are the deciding factor in which classes of organisms continued to evolve into the dominant lifeform. Who knows what has happened on distant worlds with different environments? I love this kind of thinking, I find it exciting and thought provoking. Thanks John 👍

[stoneylonesome]

Love these videos, John. I very much lean towards the “early in the game” school of thought. Also, would love to see a Patreon goal of turbocharging the le Baron. Or perhaps trading it in for a Chrysler T.C. By Maserati.

[reallyryan_]

2:30am here in Scotland and I have to wake up at 8:30am for work, this is gonna send me off to sleep. This is perfect content. :D

[fluffyraichu]

One theory that I have for why we “haven’t found anything” is that life on other planets could be so fundamentally different that we might not classify it as life or it may fly under our radar

[ardentdfender]

I have an astonishing love of anything Sci-Fi, Space and Astronomy related. Love learning listening to this channel and Event Horizon. Yet one other thing I’ve found in listening to John’s calm voice is when it’s sleepy bed 🛌 to relax my mind to sleep. Thus, I end up listening to the videos twice. As I replay the same video after I wake up as well. Event Horizon are my getting dressed in morning routine and commute time listening with interest. Some things are just interestingly funny in life for odd reasons.