THE FERMI PARADOX

▸ Counting stars in the Milky Way…
▸ Applying the Drake equation: N = R⋆·f_p·n_e·f_l·f_i·f_c·L
▸ "So where is everybody?" — Enrico Fermi
▸ Loading competing hypotheses (an open question)…
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Number of 'living' civilizations over time (birth–death)living
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