Because I seek distraction from the American situation, and because this is a question I'm interested in, I thought I'd raise the Fermi paradox. Universe Today's Fraser Cain had an article, "Where Are All the Alien Robots?", that touched on this. With advances in robotic technology, Von Neumann construction and deployment across galactic distances ( Read more... )

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