Posted: Nov 13, 2010 10:41 pm
I'm perfectly happy to consider that the Fermi paradox is not really a paradox so much as an unresolved issue; but in the final analysis all mysteries involving reality-based expectations butting heads with observations that don't meet those expectations can only be put in a few categories, and the historical use of the word 'paradox' matches up well with this particular unresolved issue.