[Borodog]

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As exciting as the prospect of humanity spreading across the universe is, it raises a few questions mostly highlighted by Fermi's paradox. If it is possible to surmount the technological boundaries of lightyear scale spacetravel, how come we haven't encountered aliens? Wouldn't some other species be out there also seeking universal domination? It's impossible to ignore this when considering the massive number of (visible) stars that could host life.

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Somebody's got to be first.

I think most people drastically over-estimate the probability of extraterrestrial intelligence, precisely because of this effect.