You can't expect to get a group of space scientists together for very long without the Fermi Paradox rearing its head and that was that question which the Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI) group pondered on, Why hasn't Earth received any messages from extraterrestrials yet?
One possibility explored was what they called 'the zoo hypothesis which is that we are already under observation by 'galactic zookeepers' who conceal themselves from human detection.
'That Earth would be the lone planet to evolve and host intelligent life among potentially billions of planets in our galaxy alone seems very unlikely. But if there are intelligent extraterrestrials out there, where are they, and why haven't we found them yet' said Florence Raulin-Cerceau, an associate professor at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.
One explanation put forward is that aliens are aware of Earth and are observing us as we would observe animals kept in a zoo although there was another explanation that humanity has been evaluated by alien civilisations, and 'quarantined' from our galactic neighbours for our own good and to avoid conflict being as we can be a bit violent towards any newcomers.
The zoo hypothesis throws in the theory that aliens generally avoid making their
presence known to humanity, or avoid exerting an influence on
development, preferring to observe us using equipment located on Earth
or elsewhere in the Solar System and on occasion throw us a curve-ball
such as an earthquake or warming climate to see how we cope and evolve.
Maybe if they do show themselves we may finally get an answer as to why they come all this way just to mutilate our livestock and anally
probe drunk American rednecks?
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