What is the Fermi Paradox?

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Please literally explain it like I’m 5! TIA

Edit- thank you for all the comments and particularly for the links to videos and further info. I will enjoy trawling my way through it all! I’m so glad I asked this question i find it so mind blowingly interesting

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There are so many stars in the universe that we cannot count them. It’s a very very high number that is hard for us to contemplate! Because there are soooo many stars, some scientists think that there just HAS to be other life out there. Even though there are soooo many stars, and we are pretty sure there must be life out there, we have not been able to find evidence or proof other life exists outside of our planet.

The Fermi Paradox can be thought of like this: If there are so many stars, why haven’t we found other life out there in space?

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