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The Fermi Paradox

from Dr G Goes To Space! by Dr G

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If there are hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy alone
With potentially billions of planets in their habitable zones
Then even with million to one odds of intelligent life
Statistically speaking, we’re probably not alone

But I’ve never seen an alien – have you?
So assuming for the moment that our hypothesis is true
Then as the physicist Enrico Fermi once asked,
Where is everybody? So I pose the question to you:


On a planet formed 5.5 billion years ago
Where life had a billion-year head start to grow
If you can fly across the galaxy in a mere million years
The question is why haven’t we seen them before
Consider:
A civilization a million years older than ours
A superintelligent people who travel the stars
Then just as we send signals out into space
You’d think evidence of such beings could be seen from afar!
So I ask:

Maybe life will inevitably come to an end
Maybe they communicate in a way that we can’t comprehend
Maybe they exist in a form that we can’t perceive
Maybe they live in a place they don’t ever need to leave
Maybe we inhabit a lonely backwater of space
Maybe they don’t have any interest in this primitive place
Or maybe we just need a little bit more time


It’s a humbling thing to look up into the sky
At the tiny fraction of the universe that’s visible to our eye
Whether life is all around us, or so rare that we’re alone
It’s truly remarkable that we can even ask why

So be good to each other, cuz we’re a single human race
With the intelligence to understand the challenges we face
If we all work together, we can reach for the stars
And discover the mysteries that await us in space
And find out:

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from Dr G Goes To Space!, released June 26, 2019
Mixed and mastered by Pete MacDonald
Lyrics and music by Greg Melchin

Dr G: vocals, theremin
Brendan Melchin: electric drums
Carolyn Curry: keyboards
Pat Healy: guitar
Casey Thompson: bass

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Dr G Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

Dr G is a theremin-playing space geek on a mission to spread the word about science! Merging hooky new wave beats with lyrics explaining science and the natural universe – think Talking Heads fronted by Bill Nye the Science Guy – Dr G creates a sound that is utterly unique, and as educational as it is infectious. ... more

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