A review by tristanpej
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens... Where Is Everybody? Fifty Solutions to Fermi's Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life by Stephen Webb

5.0

I have always held a soft spot in my imagination for big topics like the Fermi Paradox. Though it requires tonnes of information we do not have, it is an amazing intellectual experiment to discuss. I think one of the quotes in the book is true, when speculation deals with this much grey area, it becomes more about psychology than science.

This book displays 50 possible solutions to the infamous Fermi Paradox. If there are aliens out there, why have we not heard from them? Through attempts to answer this paradox, the book goes through fun romps into physics, biology, cosmology, and psychology. It was a captivating and philosophically engaging text.