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Old 29-April-2008, 07:24 PM
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"Fermi's Paradox" could be better termed "Fermi's Baseless Speculation". There is really nothing to it but assumptions that we don't have enough data to confirm or deny.
Hi Jason.

While I personally don't agree there's a paradox I wouldn't go so far as to term it "baseless speculation."
Do we know the approximate age of the universe?
Are our estimates for the number of stars in the MW galaxy or the universe accepted, or are they vastly overestimated?
Does Earth hold a special place in the cosmos?

I think these are the bases on which Fermi raised his question.
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