fermi paradox
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
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The seeming contradiction, serving as a challenge to believers in the existence of advanced lifeforms throughout the universe, that there is no scientific evidence that extraterrestrial civilizations have tried to visit or communicate with Earth.
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Alternative letter-case form of Fermi paradox.
Example Sentences
- "Fermi argued that the fact that aliens don't seem to be hanging out with us here on Earth (the tabloid stories aside) strongly contradicts the assumed existence of intelligent life elsewhere in our galaxy, a problem that came to be known as the Fermi Paradox."