Today, the case for why there are no aliens on Planet Earth, now, or ever in the past. But first, global beliefs regarding aliens : Then there is the Fermi Paradox . In the summer of 1950, Enrico Fermi, who had won the 1938 Nobel Peace Prize, had lunch at Los Alamos with three colleagues, Edward Teller (father of the Hydrogen Bomb), Emil Konopinski (calculated that this H-bomb would not ignite the Earth's atmosphere) and Herbert York (became director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory). Edward Teller recalls "in the middle of the conversation, Fermi came out with the quite unexpected question 'Where is everybody?'…The result of his question was general laughter because of the strange fact that in spite of Fermi's question coming out of the clear blue, everybody around the table seemed to understand at once that he was talking about extraterrestrial life". In his account of the famed luncheon, Teller wrote "I do not believe much came from this ...
The midterm elections are 18 days away. From Fox News: 88% The top issue of concern for voters heading into the midterms is government corruption , according to a Fox News poll. Eighty-eight percent of respondents said they were extremely or very concerned about the issue, ahead of inflation and high prices at 85%. Otherwise, from the White House, after serving 5 days, Katie Zacharia was fired. She broke the 11-day record held by Anthony Sacaramucci during Trump's first term. Social media users have joked in recent days about whether Zacharia would last “one Scaramucci” after her first press briefing Tuesday was heavily scrutinized . Bets were also being taken on the prediction market site Kalshi over when she would depart the role. Said Scaramucci: Records are made to be broken. Iran War? ATTACKS on commercial shipping around the Strait of Hormuz have already reached a record monthly high just halfway through October, reinforcing evidence that Iran’s strategy is increasin...