Hank Green - Fermi Paradox lyrics
[Hank Green - Fermi Paradox lyrics]
In 1950, at Los Alamos
A scientist was talking with his friends
And the conversation had them
All fully engrossed
About this universe that almost has no ends
And as they were all about
To return to their study
Enrico suddenly shouted "Where is everybody?"
And he worked out a few simple calculations
That indicated we should have been
Visited thousands of times
At least, based on his estimations
Oh, that's the Fermi Paradox
If they're out there
Why don't we hear 'em talk?
The galaxy just keeps on spinnin'
With four hundred billion stars in it
And I just can't believe that
We could be unique
When there's so much space in this galaxy
Oh, I want Pandora's Box to be open
But instead we're stuck in Fermi's Paradox
There are dozens of ways this
Paradox might be resolved
And you probably can think of some yourself
Maybe civilizations very rarely evolves
Or maybe god sent them all to hell
Or maybe advanced technology leads
To it's own destruction
Or maybe species lose
Interest in reproduction
Or maybe they're just afraid of what
We'll do when we find out
So, they're hiding until we grow
A bit and don't have the same tendency to
Frequently freak out
Oh, that's the Fermi Paradox
If they're out there, why don't they talk?
The galaxy just keeps on spinnin'
With four hundred billion stars in it
And I just can't believe that
We could be unique
When there's so much space in this galaxy
Oh, I want Pandora's Box to be open
But instead we're stuck in Fermi's Paradox
Oh, the question of whether there
Is more life out there
As far as I'm concerned, is moot
But it appears that the aliens
Do not use Foursquare
And, no, I'm not trying to be cute
Because the way that we listen
Is defined by our ears
And the time that we've been listening
Just a couple dozen years
We'll be lucky when we see them
If we notice them at all
Our cosmic phone could be ringing
Off the hook right now
And we're just not answering the call
Oh, yeah, we're stuck in Fermi's Paradox
Oh, no, we're stuck in Fermi's Paradox
Oh, no, we're stuck in Fermi's Paradox
A scientist was talking with his friends
And the conversation had them
All fully engrossed
About this universe that almost has no ends
And as they were all about
To return to their study
Enrico suddenly shouted "Where is everybody?"
And he worked out a few simple calculations
That indicated we should have been
Visited thousands of times
At least, based on his estimations
Oh, that's the Fermi Paradox
If they're out there
Why don't we hear 'em talk?
The galaxy just keeps on spinnin'
With four hundred billion stars in it
And I just can't believe that
We could be unique
When there's so much space in this galaxy
Oh, I want Pandora's Box to be open
But instead we're stuck in Fermi's Paradox
There are dozens of ways this
Paradox might be resolved
And you probably can think of some yourself
Maybe civilizations very rarely evolves
Or maybe god sent them all to hell
Or maybe advanced technology leads
To it's own destruction
Or maybe species lose
Interest in reproduction
Or maybe they're just afraid of what
We'll do when we find out
So, they're hiding until we grow
A bit and don't have the same tendency to
Frequently freak out
Oh, that's the Fermi Paradox
If they're out there, why don't they talk?
The galaxy just keeps on spinnin'
With four hundred billion stars in it
And I just can't believe that
We could be unique
When there's so much space in this galaxy
Oh, I want Pandora's Box to be open
But instead we're stuck in Fermi's Paradox
Oh, the question of whether there
Is more life out there
As far as I'm concerned, is moot
But it appears that the aliens
Do not use Foursquare
And, no, I'm not trying to be cute
Because the way that we listen
Is defined by our ears
And the time that we've been listening
Just a couple dozen years
We'll be lucky when we see them
If we notice them at all
Our cosmic phone could be ringing
Off the hook right now
And we're just not answering the call
Oh, yeah, we're stuck in Fermi's Paradox
Oh, no, we're stuck in Fermi's Paradox
Oh, no, we're stuck in Fermi's Paradox