[Special] Where Are All The Aliens? We Ranked Every Explanation

The Fermi paradox has many solutions. Many explanations for the fact that we don't see any signs of intelligent life in the Universe. We ranked all the major ones and put them into tiers from S to D. 🔵 Pale Blue Pod: https://palebluepod.space/ 👉 Dr Moiya McTier: https://www.moiyamctier.com/ 👉 Dakotah Tyler: https://www.dakotahtyler.com/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:33 Fermi paradox 00:02:25 Zoo Hypothesis 00:06:19 Prime Directive 00:11:10 Simulation Hypothesis 00:16:54 Dark Forest 00:25:48 The Great Filter 00:33:54 Self-Destruction 00:40:16 We're The First 00:44:15 Rare Intelligence 00:49:00 We're Alone 00:56:00 Communication Barrier 01:04:35 Post-Biological Life 01:12:16 Hibernation Hypothesis 01:16:31 Our Tech Isn't Good Enough 01:20:49 We're Searching In Wrong Places 01:24:08 Aliens Are Among Us 01:27:01 Interstellar Travel is Impossible 01:36:19 Reapers 01:42:03 Expansion is Inefficient 01:47:48 There Is a Better Way 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/DFPfG413F58 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast