cain_iii 's latest post reminded me that I've been meaning to post about the Georgia Guidestones . The Guides: MAINTAIN HUMANITY UNDER 500,000,000 IN PERPETUAL BALANCE WITH NATURE GUIDE REPRODUCTION WISELY — IMPROVING FITNESS AND DIVERSITY UNITE HUMANITY WITH A LIVING NEW LANGUAGE RULE PASSION — FAITH — TRADITION AND ALL THINGS WITH TEMPERED REASON PROTECT PEOPLE AND NATIONS WITH FAIR LAWS...

There's this...well it's considered serious, issue called the Fermi Paradox. The Fermi paradox is basically the apparent contradiction between the high probability extraterrestrial civilizations' existence and the lack of contact with such civilizations. This is, of course, cute. but easily answered, yet even on the "fermi paradox" web page, they have ignored the most obvious answer to the question...