Fermi's Paradox (WisCon 31 panel)

160 The Many Answers to Fermi's Paradox

Science and Technology•634• Sunday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.

Famed physicist Enrico Fermi originally posed the question around 1950. The Universe has been around for 15 billion years, he noted, more than enough time for intelligent, space-faring civilizations to have spread to every star system in the galaxy. So where are they all? Indeed, where are any of them? Needless to say, SF authors picked up this ball and ran with it — in 30 different directions. We'll try to go over as many as possible, and maybe even come up with some new ones.

M: Richard S. Russell, Suzanne Alles Blom, Chris Hill, Jordin T. Kare