Enrico Fermi formulated the Fermi paradox during a casual lunchtime conversation with colleagues at Los Alamos, arguing that intelligent extraterrestrial life should have had sufficient time to develop and travel across the Milky Way multiple times, raising the question of why they have not been observed.

Authors

• Person: Milan Cirkovic Organization: CERN Courier
  The Great Silence – The Science and Philosophy of Fermi's Paradox

Sources

• The Great Silence – The Science and Philosophy of Fermi's Paradox cerncourier.com Milan Cirkovic · CERN Courier via serper

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• Fermi paradox concept
• Milky Way galaxy location
• Enrico Fermi entity