An intriguing new paper exploring the question of why Earth has not been visited by aliens puts forward the somewhat dispiriting theory that humans may simply be too primitive to warrant attention from technologically advanced ETs. The thought-provoking concept, put forward by astrophysicist Amri Wandel, originated as an attempt an answering the famed Fermi Paradox, which observes that the universe is teeming with life, yet our planet has never been contacted by extraterrestrials. While many answers to this conundrum from scientists revolve around the possibility that life in space may actually be fairly rare, Wandel offers a different scenario wherein life may be so abundant that aliens looking to make contact with advanced civilizations may not find us all that interesting yet.
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