Respond to: Fermi's Paradox

In the Prologue of "Fermi's Paradox" story it is just David Kestenbaum and Ira Glass. Ira asks David many different questions. They are talking about the galaxy, and specifically how big the galaxy is. Then David mentions that he often think about how we might be the only creatures in this galaxy. There is this big space but at the same time we don't see anyone else, but us humans. So he is questioning if intelligent life just kind of happens, then where is everyone else. This is introduced as the "fermi's paradox". David tells Ira how the possibility of humans being the only intelligent creatures makes him feel. It makes him feel sad. At first Ira does not understand how this could make someone feel sad, so he keeps asking him other questions, in order to better understand David's feelings.

For me at first, it was hard to find the connection between the three acts in this story. Then I really started to listen. It kind of hit me, it was so obvious. The main subject in all of the three acts was not about aliens, or couple's problems, or little girl's "why phase. It was about loneliness. That was the connection. In each one of the acts someone was feeling lonely. They all experienced it in a different way and they all, for sure expressed it in a different way but, ...yea they were all eventually experiencing loneliness that was making them also feel sad. We can also find the connection in the fact that they all went to look for someone to help them with this feeling. They all looked for answers so they can stop feel this way.

It is difficult for me to think of questions to ask my parents since I was never one of the people that have a very close relationship with them. I would probably ask questions that are not as deep as the one we encountered in Rosie's story. Questions like: Why did you choose this career? Would you prefer being born and raised in a different country than the one you were?, etc. I think these questions would be much easier to answer than the one Rosie asked.

I don't eventually think David was scared. I think Melissa Franklin was scared but David was just sad. I am not 100% sure where my belief system is in the subject of are we alone in this galaxy or not. As of this moment I am not sad that we may be alone but I might be a little scared. I see myself feeling more of the emotions Melissa was feeling than the one David was. She was seeing this whole subject as, it is better for us to be alone than to live in galaxy with creatures different from us that may turn to be aggressive and scary. I like the way she put it. She says: "...we're in the sweet spot. We're not dead, and there's still hope."

Favorite questions: "Who do you miss? Do you miss anyone more than them, and does that change? And if that changes, was it worth missing them in the first place?"