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The Fermi Paradox addresses the question of why, despite the presence of billions of stars and planets in the universe or even just within the Milky Way Galaxy, no evidence of extraterrestrial intelligent life has ever been observed. The paradox was brought to the attention of the scientific community in 1950 when physicist Enrico Fermi posed the question “Where is everybody?” during a lunch with his colleagues. Fermi argued that, given the size of the galaxy its age and the relatively short tim