Hank Green - Fermi Paradox

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in 1950 in los alamos a scientist was talking with his friends ,

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and the conversation had them all fully engrossed about this universe that

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almost has no end .

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and as they were all about to return to their study

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enrico suddenly shouted , “where is everybody?!”

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and he sat down and did a few simple calculations

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that indicated we should have been visited thousands of times

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at least based on his estimations

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and that’s the fermi parado

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if they’re out there why don’t we hear ’em talk

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the galaxy just keeps on spinnin’

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with four hundred billion stars in it

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and i just can’t believe

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that we could be unique

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when there’s so much space in this galaxy

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oh i want pandora’s bo

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to be open but instead we’re stuck in fermi’s parado

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there are dozens of ways this paradox might be resolved

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and you probably can think of some yourself

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maybe advanced technology rarely evolves

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or maybe god sent them all to hell

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or maybe that technology leads to its own destruction

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or maybe species lose interest in reproduction

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or maybe they’re just afraid of what we’ll do when we find out

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so they’re hiding until we grow a bit

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and don’t have the same tendency to frequently freak out!

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oh that’s the fermi parado
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if they’re out there why don’t they talk

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the galaxy just keeps on spinnin’

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with four hundred billion stars in it

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and i just can’t believe

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that we could be unique

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when there’s so much space in this galaxy

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oh i want pandora’s bo

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to be open but instead we’re stuck in fermi’s parado

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oh the question of whether there is more life out there

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as far as i’m concerned is moot .

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but it appears that the aliens do not use foursquare

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and no i’m not trying to be cute

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because the way that we listen is defined by our ears

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and the time that we’ve been listening , just a couple dozen years

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we’ll be lucky if we see them if we notice them at all

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our cosmic phone could be ringing off the hook right now

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and we’re just not answering the call .

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oh that’s the fermi parado

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if they’re out there why don’t they talk

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the galaxy just keeps on spinnin’

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with four hundred billion stars in it

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and i just can’t believe

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that we could be unique

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when there’s so much space in this galaxy

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oh i want pandora’s bo

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to be open but instead we’re stuck in fermi’s parado

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oh yeah , we’re stuck in fermi’s parado

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oh no! we’re stuck in fermi’s parado

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oh yeah , we’re stuck in fermi’s parado
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