Entropy Rising
Entropy Rising
Jacob and Lucas | Space Exploration & Speculative Fiction
Grabby Aliens and the Fermi Paradox: Why We Had to Be Early
24 minutes Posted May 18, 2026 at 8:00 am.
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Humanity might not just be early to the universe… we may have to be early. In this episode of Entropy Rising, we dive into the Grabby Aliens theory, one of the most fascinating solutions to the Fermi Paradox. The idea is simple but unsettling: if intelligent civilizations tend to expand across the stars, then any civilization born too late would never get the chance to exist at all. We explore: • Why expansion may be a natural outcome of evolution • How civilizations could spread across the g...