"Where is everybody" An exploration of the Fermi Paradox

“The power and beauty of physical laws is that they apply everywhere, whether or not you choose to believe in them. In other words, after the laws of physics, everything else is opinion.” An astrophysicist by training but an energetic, effective communicator by nature, Neil deGrasse Tyson offers a brief introduction into the origin and evolution of the universe. Compacting the entirety of the universe into a conglomeration of two-hundred pages requires Tyson to move swiftly through his analysis, often employing wit, anecdotes, and science-fiction references to maintain his narrative have an ecstatic atmosphere. His goal throughout this book is as astronomically large as the cosmos itself: to create a scientifically literate population. Speaking

Erich Von Daniken’s theories have been rejected by the scientific community, and some of his early claims have even been proven fraudulent. However, Von Daniken continues on his quest to prove his theories, and during an interview with Florida Today he said, “Even if someone could find an object definitely not of this planet, and they could give it to the scientific communities, I'm sure it would take much too long for this society to accept that something extraterrestrial exists. I have started something. There are 56 million copies of my books worldwide. But now it is not just Erich Von Daniken. It is others, many others, as well. You cannot kill the idea anymore, never.”

With all our knowledge of everything around us, overwhelming as it may be, there are still a lot of aspects that are unknown to even the smartest scientists. Did you know that humans know only 5% of the entire universe? Yes, everything we know about the Earth, the Milky Way, and all the planets is barely even a fourth of what comprises the entirety of the universe. Knowing that, it would be illogical to say that the creatures on Earth are the only forms of life in the universe. Today I will tell you about unidentified object sightings, close

We live in a universe that is about 46 billion light years old. In a world, as massive as ours there must be some form of extraterrestrial life out in the galaxy. For thousands of years ancient peoples, such as the Greeks, have wondered the same question. Are we alone? As our technology advances, things such as videos and photographs are surfacing of people claiming to see such alien life. Whether it is an unidentified flying object, or if it’s from someone claiming to see an actual alien, there are thousands of people that believe they have seen proof. Some also claim that the government is hiding things behind our backs, like the Roswell UFO incident for example. Though many people refuse to believe in the existence of alien life forms until they see evidence, the fact that multitudes of people have eye-witness accounts, the improbability that we are alone, and the idea that we have thought of aliens so long, bring forth the evidence that proves something is out there.

Aliens and life beyond earth has been a mystery for a long time. Many people and scientist have been looking for life outside of Earth, or just floating in the sky trying to get video of it. For all of human history we have been looking for extraterrestrial life, and these are the major events of finding, debunking, and moving forward to life on earth

Abstract: Scientists claim that other life forms do in fact exist based on probability. The conditions necessary for life are likely to be present on various other planets. Signs of possible life have been found in material from outer space. Much research has been dedicated to proving the existence of life on Mars. SETI is a program entirely dedicated to finding and establishing communication with extra terrestrials. If other life forms are found, communication with these beings will be a difficult task. Laws to protect humans from the dangers of extraterrestrial beings are already in effect. Although contact with alien beings has not yet been made, technology today may make it a reality in the near future.

Perhaps one of the most substantial curiosities of the era is the possibility of other life forms in the universe. It’s an undeniable statement to claim that there is, in fact, other forms of life beyond the life on our planet. As the mind toils over this indisputable claim, one can’t help but to wonder if another life form has found the Earth yet, or have the people of Earth found them. Area 51 is believed to be the dwelling of extraterrestrial details for multiple reasons; there have been multiple sightings of strange aircrafts, it is exempt from many local, state, and national laws in order to protect classified information, and despite all of this the Air-Force still denies its existence entirely.

One of many solutions to fermis paradox is the zoo scenario. The zoo hypothesis looks as to the assumed behavior and existence of extraterrestrial life and the reasons they stop from coming to Earth and is one of many good explanations for the fermi paradox. The hypothesis is that alien life avoids communication with Earth, and one of its main reasons is that it does so to allow for natural evolution and cultural development, avoiding contamination. The hypothesis seeks to explain the apparent absence of extraterrestrial life despite its accepted possibility and the reasonable expectation of its existence. Aliens might choose to allow contact once the human species has passed certain technological, political, or ethical standards. They might withhold contact until humans force contact upon them, possibly by sending a spacecraft to planets they inhabit.

For any society intelligent enough to overcome the challenge of space travel, the presence of other cultures advancing at the same pace raises an impending and pragmatic menace to their own existence. Hence, it is tenable for an alien species to view humans as a threat. In other words, the culture of natural selection is omnipresent even between two different worlds since the initial instinct of aliens detecting another form of life is most likely to annihilate any foreigners that are at the top of the figurative food chain. This fear might lead extraterrestrial life to want to get rid of us early in the competition so that they can maintain their dominance force and have the opportunity to expand their civilization without any interference.

All along the years, scientists, mathematicians and geniuses have been intrigued in the study of Aliens. Myths, stories, legends have been passed down from generation to generation. Remember those years of childhood when we were just so fascinated by aliens? “Do they really exist?” you would ask. Pondering daily for answers to mythical creatures, only, seeing them being crushed as we enter the terrifying years of teenagerhood.

The biggest question we all ask ourselves at one point in time or another is, are we really alone in the universe? Many believe that all known encounters and evidence is either false, a hoax, or an attempt at fame and glory. True believers stick to the physical evidence and hard facts that follow these mysterious encounters. One specific event that occurred at Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 has baffled theorists and experts for generations and will continue to leave a controversial standpoint on what really may have occurred. This occurrence in particular has left a lot of unanswered questions about extraterrestrial existence due to the fact that most of the evidence collected from the incident is to either to old to be a credible source or the government has covered up the evidence and left a false influence behind. Overall, how has outside influence altered personal encounters and experience with extraterrestrial contact with relation to the Roswell Incident?

The idea of extraterrestrials existing and having visited Earth is a long shot, which made scientist Enrico Fermi question their existence, and that is how the Fermi Paradox was created. Enrico Fermi questioned the idea that since the Universe is billions of years old and billions of light years in diameter, extraterrestrials must exist somewhere and have visited Earth. Scientifically, there isn’t enough evidence to prove that extraterrestrials exist or have existed throughout our universe, but this hasn’t stopped millions or even billions of human beings from believing in them. There are countless of possible solutions to the Fermi Paradox, but all are hypothetical. The first possible and most popular solution to the Fermi Paradox is that

Within the limits of our existing technology, any practical search for distant intelligent life must necessarily be a search for manifestation of a distant technology. In each of the last four decadal reviews, the National Research Council has emphasized the relevance and importance of searching for evidence of the electromagnetic signature of distant places.

The Quantum Mechanics are weird, yet incredibly powerful theory of the subatomic world, in which everyday concepts to do with the forces and motion are seen in a different perspective, as they do not longer apply in the same way. This calls for a new type of mechanics based on what scientists call "quantum" rules.

In reality, many scientists were skeptical of both UFOs and of alien life in general; they contended that interstellar travel would be easy for advanced civilizations, so the lack of overt contact disproved alien existence. Yet most UFO opponents do believe alien life exists out in the universe, just not here. So they defend the near impossibility of interstellar travel, which contradicts a considerable portion of the scientific community (Thompson, 1990).