Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
Good points Jess. Fermi's paradox isn't really a paradox at all based on the definition of what a paradox is. I remember when paradoxes where actually paradoxical. Like Zeno's paradox where you have to invent calculus to finally show that it isn't paradoxical. Fermi's statement about extraterrestrial life is more like an observation about a probable outcome given the premise of extraterrestrial life. Its a good point but so what. I can give a long list of explanations for why that might be the case. For example, it's worth noting just how small an amount of time humans have on this planet and evolved enough to communicate an extraterrestrial contact event to future generations.