Fermi Paradox Predicting Humankind's Future?

An anonymous reader writes "The Fermi paradox says that if extraterrestrial civilizations exist, at least one of them should have colonized the entire galaxy by now. But since there is no evidence of this, humankind must be the only intelligent life in the galaxy. The Space Review has an article on how the Fermi paradox can be applied to human civilization. It says that, like the extraterrestrials, humans have three choices: colonize the galaxy, remain on Earth, or become extinct."

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Will colonize Milky Way in 2010

[140Mandak262Jamuna]

Steve Balmer has announced that space exploration will be included as a feature in the next version of the Windows operating system. As a first step, MS will rename Internet Explorer, Universe Explorer.

Some slashdotters decried the move and speculated that Venture capital for the firms currently engaged in space exploration will dry up immediately. European Union created a standard Open Protocol for Space Exploration. Microsoft submitted a competing standard as the standard. Its spokesman said "There should be lots of competing standards. More the merrier."

Meanwhile one lone guy who wrote a "In Soviet Russia the Space explores you" got modded down as "so last century".

Re:More likely

[19thNervousBreakdown]

Yes. I take it personally when my belief system is used as a synonym for stupid, ignorant or "intellectually backwards".

You believe in some magic guy in the sky for no reason at all, and then you freak when people think you're ridiculous. How would you suggest we view your belief system?