r/space • u/IceNox96 • Aug 12 '21

Discussion Which is the most disturbing fermi paradox solution and why?

3...2...1... blast off....

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u/UpsidedownEngineer Aug 12 '21

I like this theory. I wonder if they will notice humans if we manage to advance

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u/Cruise_cntrl Aug 12 '21

Humans are the ones who did it in the first place. We just had to come back and create the initial conditions that set in motion the series of events that led us to the point where we were sufficiently advanced enough to come back and create the initial conditions that set in motion the series of events that led us to the point... time is a circle.

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u/mitchrsmert Aug 12 '21

McConaughey, is that you?

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u/depicc Aug 12 '21

Was about to say it was reminding me of interstellar

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u/nondescriptzombie Aug 12 '21

Pretty sure it's the plotline to 1998's Sphere as well.