The Fermi Paradox is the contradiction between the high probability of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe and the lack of observable evidence for it. Given the vast number of Earth-like planets in our galaxy alone, many scientists have long assumed that technologically advanced civilizations should be common — and yet, we see no signs of them. One possible explanation is that we’ve been searching for the wrong things. Our telescopes and radio arrays are tuned to detect techno-signatures that reflect our own industrial and energy-intensive trajectory — massive power outputs, radio signals, or megastructures like Dyson Spheres.
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