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UFO hearing key takeaways: What a whistleblower told Congress about UAP (www.cbsnews.com)

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A former military intelligence officer-turned-whistleblower told House lawmakers that Congress is being kept in the dark about unidentified anomalous phenomena.

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[–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The reason the Fermi paradox, (@be_excellent_to_each_other thanks for bringing it up,) is a paradox is because our mathematical estimates regarding extraterrestrial life says it is likely, yet we have not conclusively observed any.

The reason people think the Fermi paradox is a paradox is because they assume insanely optimistic values for L in the Drake equation.