{"id":8312,"date":"2014-07-14T16:06:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T20:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8312"},"modified":"2014-07-14T16:06:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T20:06:43","slug":"the-search-for-the-fermi-paradox-explanation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8312","title":{"rendered":"The search for the Fermi Paradox explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000;\">The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fermi_paradox\" target=\"_d\">Fermi paradox<\/a>\u00a0seems to be\u00a0getting more attention these days:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/wait-but-why\/the-fermi-paradox_b_5489415.html\" target=\"_d\">The Fermi Paradox\u00a0-Wait But Why &#8211; Huffington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2014\/07\/12\/the-fermi-paradox\/\" target=\"_d\">The Fermi Paradox &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Fermi paradox\u00a0seems to be\u00a0getting more attention these days: The Fermi Paradox\u00a0-Wait But Why &#8211; Huffington Post The Fermi Paradox &#8211; The Washington Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,46,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-exoplanets","category-seti"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2a4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8861,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8861","url_meta":{"origin":8312,"position":0},"title":"Extraterrestrial civilizations culled by GRBs","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Cosmic sterilization by Galactic Gamma-Ray Bursts\u00a0(GRB) may explain\u00a0the Fermi Paradox\u00a0: Fermi Paradox Solved? - Crowlspace [1409.2506] On the role of GRBs on life extinction in the Universe Sounds like\u00a0a motivation to accelerate\u00a0mind uploading.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4730,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4730","url_meta":{"origin":8312,"position":1},"title":"Space colonization opportunities and the Fermi Paradox","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Inventor and programmer\" Robert Walker at\u00a0Science 2.0 discusses the vast resources of our solar system: Asteroid Resources Could Create Space Habs For Trillions; Land Area Of A Thousand Earths. 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