Zim wrote: > >But the problem is that Fermi's paradox is that it assumes that FTL (or FT >communication) is possible. Given what we know about physics at this point in >time, it is impossilbe. If there is no solution to this technologic problem >species more advanced then us will not be trying to communicate (or not >trying that hard). They may be in space; they may be colonizing other worlds >but given the vastness of the universe they may be very unlikely to run into >us anything else intelligent. > No, the whole point of Fermi's Paradox is _not_ FTL, but the fact that the _dimensions_ of the Universe are small when compared to the _age_ of the Universe. For example, the diameter of the Milky Way might be crossed by a near-lightspeed vessel many times since the Earth was formed.
Alberto Monteiro
