Defending space exploration
Level I We see no aliens. This should worry us. We must fly away from Earth and learn to live on Mars before we commit technological suicide. Let's spend more on rockets! It actually pays for itself. Let's make future generations proud of us! Let's cherish Life and Human Civilization! Level II The Fermi Paradox: We can't detect any life anywhere in the Universe. This could mean that 1. We are the first ever civilization that achieved the technological level to connect with other life forms across the Galaxy. In this case, the Great Filter is behind us, ie. it is extremely unlikely to become a technological civilization starting from mud. If this is the case, we should be immensely grateful that we have come so far and we should feel a sense of duty to sow the grain of conscious light across the rest of the Galaxy. 2. There has been multiple civilizations before us but they failed to reach the level of technologial progress necess...