Comment Re:What is everyone drinking? (Score 4, Funny) 187
378,683,112 second old Glenfiddich for me.
378,683,112 second old Glenfiddich for me.
That's Greg Bear's solution to the Fermi Paradox in The Forge of God and Anvil of Stars. Turns out the galaxy is filled with intelligent species engaged in a ruthless Darwinian struggle for survival. New intelligent species are seen as potential rivals and destroyed. And we're naively announcing ourselves to an ever-widening sphere of space. Not smart.
Cosmic rays more energetic than anything the LHC will produce have been hitting Earth every day for four billion years. We have not collapsed into a black hole. QED.
The rule on staying alive as a forecaster is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once. -- Jane Bryant Quinn
