Gamma-ray Bursts May Explain Fermi's Paradox

An anonymous reader writes: A new study confirms the potential hazard of nearby gamma-ray bursts. It quantifies the probability of an event near Earth, and more generally in the Milky Way and other galaxies over time: "[Evolved] life as it exists on Earth could not take place in almost any galaxy that formed earlier than about five billion years after the Big Bang." This could explain the Fermi's paradox, or why we don't see billion-year-old civilizations all around us.

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Re:Or maybe it's because

[Tablizer]

Indeed. My theory is that many of those mysterious gamma-ray bursts are civilizations earning a Galactic Darwin award.

"Hey look, we can create mini anti-black-holes in our la ~ ^ & [NO CARRIER]

Re:That might explain it. But it is more likely th

[AchilleTalon]

Then God was zapped by a gamma-burst, that's why he has been never observed so far.

Re:Or maybe it's because

[rubycodez]

It does not wipe them out, each civilization reaches a point where its porn and virtual reality are sufficiently advanced.

"Hey look, we can create totally realistic sex partners in our virtu--- [ FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP ]

Re:Not really.

[Kevin Fishburne]

Honestly Humanity is a joke, almost a cancer. And if an advanced civilization stumbled across us, they would probably wipe us out to make the rest of the universe safer. We as a species love to hate others, we love murder, war, and control. WE thrive on hating those that are different or think or worship different.

You're right. We should find all those ignorant, warlike motherfuckers and kill them.