# Interstellar travel **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 17, 2000, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interstellar-travel/6501 "2000-01-17T12:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 74
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interstellar-travel/6501/74 "2026-06-04T00:48:10Z")
There’s a pretty good video on the Fermi paradox that I recently posted at the link below, which among other things discusses variations on the Great Filter hypothesis as a possible explanation for the apparent lack of evidence of intelligent alien life … > [@Have we reached the point when it is kooky to not believe in massive amounts of intelligent life having evolved throughout the universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-reached-the-point-when-it-is-kooky-to-not-believe-in-massive-amounts-of-intelligent-life-having-evolved-throughout-the-universe/969972/709): > > This is a particularly good video about the Fermi paradox. There’s too much there to quickly summarize, but the part that I found compelling was speculation about the “Great Filter” hypothesis – that perhaps there exists a point in the evolution of life and intelligence that either stops evolution or destroys what is already there and that is virtually impossible to get past. The crucial question is if the Great Filter exists, is it behind us – have we already won an incredibly improbable lott… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interstellar-travel/6501)._