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title: "Fermi Paradox Formulated"
year: 1950
country: "United States"
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recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1950-01-01"
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# Fermi Paradox Formulated

> Enrico Fermi's famous question—'Where is everybody?'—framed the apparent contradiction between cosmic abundance and absence of detected alien civilizations.

## Summary

The Fermi paradox is the apparent inconsistency between the lack of conclusive evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations and the apparently high likelihood of their existence.

## Sources

- [Fermi paradox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox) - Wikipedia

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