We gave a sample of 8 ways in which we might easily find evidence of Galaxy Colonization -- by plagiarizing it, of course. :- ) Dr. D isn't an astronomer or even very interested in UFO's.
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Though Jonez does a brilliant job of coping with all 8 of them ... it is the coherent impact of the whole argument that I did (and do) find irresistible:
Why don't we find any fish in the sea?
"Well, we don't find them in the Columbia* because of sedimentation."
"We don't find them in the Arctic Sea because it's too cold."
"We don't find them in the Mediterranean because shipping disrupts their habitat."
"We don't find them in the Dead Sea because it's too salty.
"We don't find them in the Great Lakes because of the topography and low amounts of plant life."
Yeah, but why are they missing everywhere? ... there have been these rumors of scaly things with fins, swimming around, but there's not a scrap of evidence of any kind about them.
I'd be very interested in hearing not only Jonezie's reply to that, but also Mojician's. In terms of how this "cumulative force" paradigm plays out in a courtroom. And as to where Mojo, as "Judge," sees this Great Silence question jelling. He's a legal expert whose judgment I value highly.
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Remember, Fermi's paradox is that:
1) The Milky Way Galaxy must have been colonized to completion, and that being eons ago.
2) Yet it was not.
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