Elon Musk's Answer To Alien Question: Humanity's Consciousness A Mere 'Tiny Candle' in The Vast Void

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Saturday took to Twitter to offer his take on the famous Fermi paradox on alien existence.

What Happened: The Fermi paradox is named after physicist Enrico Fermi who mused back in 1950 that if indeed the galaxy has multiple alien societies, why don’t we see any? Fermi noted that aliens have had enough time to spread across the universe given the age of the galaxy.

The SETI Institute, a not-for-profit research organization that seeks to understand life in the universe, says Fermi’s remarks from thence have held their attention since. A study published recently in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society even indicates that the universe could be approximately 26.7 billion years old, nearly double the previous estimate.

“The scariest answer to the Fermi Paradox is that there are no aliens at all,” the billionaire CEO wrote on Saturday. “They we are the only tiny candle of consciousness in an abyss of darkness.”

Why It Matter: Musk has a marked interest in space and has often provided his thoughts on extraterrestrial life.

The CEO previously said that he didn’t think there were aliens in our sector of the galaxy, but there may be some in "faraway portions." He also said that he would be the first to tweet about it if he saw evidence of aliens. "If we found aliens, probably SpaceX would get a ton more revenue,”  the CEO joked.

He also addressed the Fermi paradox in a podcast in August and said, "If the universe is really 13.8 billion years old, shouldn't there be aliens everywhere?"

Only last week, Musk said that the notion of dark matter, an invisible and mysterious substance that scientists believe constitutes a significant portion of the universe's mass, seems ‘most sketch.’

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