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Originally Posted by A.DIM
Fine, though this still doesn't change the fact that your starting assumption- "You cannot apply the Fermi Paradox as proof that there are lots of spacefaring species but they just decide to avoid contact with us." - was wrong.
Did I apply it as "proof" of anything or was I asking someone else's opinion as to whether or not it too constituted an "assumption with little basis?"
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Well when you said this earlier
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Originally Posted by A.DIM
I don't doubt they already have.
Where are they?
Good question, I guess.
While unproven it seems they're still here buzzing around in our skies.
Why?
Better question.
While unconvincing it seems ancient mythic and religious texts can proffer some insight.
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That sounds very much like someone trying to tell us that assuming there are aliens species "buzzing" around us is the obvious position to take.
I say that given the unconvincing "evidence" to the contrary it is equally credible to assume that we may well be one of the most advanced species as yet to evolve in our Galaxy. The few that have progressed further than us may only be a little more advanced and certainly not able to buzz around us now or 4,000 years ago. Quite frankly to suggest otherwise is an act of faith not reasoning. Of course we might in distant millennia discover that we were the very first species to transport itself beyond the atmosphere of it's home planet, who knows. There could be aliens "buzzing" around the stars, but to claim that it is more probable than we are the first, is to apply reasoning that is not supported by hard fact.