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[Anonymous No.10192903]

The best two solutions to Fermi's Paradox are autism and Luna, two things that are never mentioned when "Where are aliens?" is asked.

Autism is a very unusual condition humanity is lucky to be at risk for.
Almost all traits in all animals are simply based on a normal distribution with little deviation.
However, autistic-spectrum disorders can create such a huge boost in problem solving ability, that all human populations contain a tiny portion of people able to handle intellectual problems that the population would otherwise not be able to handle.
If aliens don't have an equivalent to autism, then if their average intelligence is far below what is required to solve their hardest scientific problems (as with humans), they'd need to rely entirely on standard deviation to get great problem solvers. It'd be like having groundbreaking scientists be as rare as people who are 8 feet tall without any growth disorders.

Luna represents the uniqueness of Earth. Its formation created the seasons, its existence causes the tides, and no planet has been observed to have such a relatively large moon.
If a planet is too life-friendly, then the life there is weak. Seasons create a challenge: Life in regions strongly affected by seasons must be able to survive a wider range of conditions than weather alone creates, and must be either intelligent or resilient enough to withstand periods of scarcity. And so, life on Earth is highly adaptable, whereas alien life might just die if the temperature changes by five degrees or goes slightly longer than usual without food.
Tides, of course, encourage life to transition from sea to land as they create intertidal zones: Areas that are not quite terrestial, but not quite aquatic either.

[Anonymous No.10192935]

>>10192903
>the great autistic problem solver meme
That's a savant. Autists are just randoms disconnected from the world.
And savants rarely make important contributions.
>inb4 maymay list of historical people who were socially disadjusted

[Anonymous No.10192945]

>>10192935
Savants rarely make important contributions, but people in general almost never make important contributions.
Savants are, however, overrepresented when you look at important scientists.

[Anonymous No.10193161]

>>10192903
>The best two solutions to Fermi's Paradox are autism and Luna, two things that are never mentioned when "Where are aliens?" is asked.
The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

[Anonymous No.10193608]

>>10193161
Absence of evidence is not proof of absence, but it is evidence of absence .