Aliens (extra-terrestrials)?

[Catholic_Lady]

Look at the bottom of page 3. Vorlon, Chuck and myself talk about that. Chuck and I have a low opinion of the assumptions made by the so-called Fermi Paradox.

Ah, yes. He touched on the exact point you made:

"Possibility 3) The entire concept of physical colonization is a hilariously backward concept to a more advanced species. Remember the picture of the Type II Civilization above with the sphere around their star? With all that energy, they might have created a perfect environment for themselves that satisfies their every need. They might have crazy-advanced ways of reducing their need for resources and zero interest in leaving their happy utopia to explore the cold, empty, undeveloped universe.

An even more advanced civilization might view the entire physical world as a horribly primitive place, having long ago conquered their own biology and uploaded their brains to a virtual reality, eternal-life paradise. Living in the physical world of biology, mortality, wants, and needs might seem to them the way we view primitive ocean species living in the frigid, dark sea. FYI, thinking about another life form having bested mortality makes me incredibly jealous and upset."

Personally, I think we haven't encountered them simply because the universe it THAT BIG. Perhaps they are "god like," in terms of how advanced they are, but even then, the universe is so big that even for a god like creature there would be a very small chance of ending up anywhere around our vicinity, let alone our specific little planet out of the huge amounts that are out there.