"Where is everyone?" Right under your nose, perhaps. Not like you would accept that anyway.
Fermi Paradox? Maybe there's no need for it.
Many solutions have been proposed to solve the question Fermi once asked: "where is everyone?" Instead of adding another to the pile, I argue how would the paradox might not be needed at all.
You can check out my explanation about technological advanced aliens being very likely in my last post.
- "I've had contact but noone believes me!" If anyone ever got hard evidence, everyone would just say it's photoshopped. Maybe that one YouTube video is the real deal, after all.
- "They're already among us." Maybe you just couldn't tell the difference. Are you really smart enough to see through their cover up story or distinguish a human from one of them under disguise? Come on.
- "My spider sense isn't tingling..." Keeping us isolated should be a piece of cake. We could turn into soldiers, slaves or even food when we become ripe from their perspective. Human rights? More like alien merchandise.
- "Home alone." Aren't we all their little experiment under constant observation? If they've conquered eternal life, modifying a whole planet to test DNA variations over many ages might be as easy to them as formatting a laptop is to the average geek.
Which of these is more likely to be true?
Considering how advanced alien technology can be, they're all equally possible at the same time. Let's go wild, I've always wanted to get this off my chest.
The park ride
We amuse ourselves by the idea of recreating dinosaur parks. In the same way, walking among us could be just as entertaining to them. Their cloaking could completely illude us, both in physical looks and energy emittance, so we wouldn't ever know.
Genetic manipulation
This is plausible because aliens could have an extraordinarily long life. They could be immortal. Or maybe their cryogenic hybernation is just that good.
If we're a lab experiment, it could be a one billion years experiment. "This planet meets our requirements. Change it to our needs", then no more dinosaurs. This would completely solve the dinosaur paradox, by the way.
We could also be a sub-10 thousand years test run. "This primate's DNA is very compatible with our desired final subject, let's give it a spin." For all I know, Adam and Eve could be the second generation of guinea pigs, while the first made up the three armies of angels of Jehovah, the alien scientist. Noone could prove that's not the case.
This would also link our human ethics to their own, or as they say, "humans were made in the image of God".
Assuming they don't exist could turn their devices into "mysteries of the universe"
This video on YouTube by Ridddle Media could actually depict a patrolling starship. It makes a lot more sense than just a star against the flow of it's own galaxy, anyway. At the 10 minute mark of the video you can see what I mean.
Don't even ask me "how could a spaceship shine so bright", you lowly human, as neither you or I know how their intellect works. Maybe they don't need the sense of sight, so it wouldn't bother them. There are a bazillion answers for this.
Thank you for reading!