Re: Fermi's Paradox and FTL drives

On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:13:25 GMT, Gene Ward Smith <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>David Johnston <david@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:37:06 GMT, Gene Ward Smith 
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>>>If the sheer implusibility of FTL drives, given what we now 
>>>know, has not convinced you, you might want to ponder the 
>>>added weight it gives to Fermi's "paradox". If such a thing 
>is 
>>>possible and can be expected to be discovered by any 
>advanced 
>>>civilization, then we really would expect them to be showing 
>>>up. 
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>> Only if advanced civilisations exist in this galaxy.  
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>Why limit it to this galaxy?

Because galaxies are big and the distance between them is vast and
boring. Even with FTL travel, going to other places in the same galaxy
would probably be more inviting and easy than crossing intergalactic
space