Originally Posted by Kullat Nunu

Yes, but this doesn't explain the Fermi paradox: if intelligent life is common, why they're not here? Assuming that none of the civilizations haven't decided to colonize the Milky Way over the billions of years when intelligent life has been possible is far-fetched. Interstellar distances and vast timespans are not a problem for a highly resilient or mechanical entities.

Either they don't exist, or we understand the advanced civilizations fundamentally wrong. I suspect the latter. No doubt that our view of how advanced civilizations ought to operate is hopelessly naive.