Halloween was light on the box office treats. Without any new releases, as well as the misfortune of the spooky holiday landing on Friday (meaning families were trick-or-treating, not visiting their local movie theater), ticket sales nearly ground to a halt. Revenues between Friday and Sunday have amounted to just $49 million, marking the worst [.].
How could the principle of “radical mundanity” proposed by the Fermi paradox help explain why humans haven’t found evidence of extraterrestrial technological civilizations (ETCs)? This is what a recently submitted study hopes to address as a lone researcher investigated the prospect for finding ETCs based on this principle. This study has the potential to help scientists and the public better understand why we haven’t identified intelligent life beyond Earth and how we might narrow the search for it.
The expansiveness of the universe could make interstellar communication difficult, even for the most advanced civilizations.
