[Mr. Jeeves]

Good article. But the "6,000-year-old Earth" crowd should be here any minute to render their objections.

Berserkers: The Galaxy is filled with killer robots looking for signals. ET is keeping low. Problem: where are the berserkers coming after us?

That's the Borg - they aren't here yet.

[NJ_gent]

"That's the Borg - they aren't here yet."

They're around, we're just not worthy of assimilation - yet. :-)

[brbethke]

That's the Borg - they aren't here yet.

Nope. Berserkers were Fred Saberhagen's idea.

[roadcat]

That's the Borg - they aren't here yet.

But they are. There's a possible political explanation for the Fermi Paradox. Every intelligent civilization has their bad eggs, who go on to push an inhibiting culture on the masses and cause extinction before a viable space traveling civilization can take root. On Earth, that inhibiting culture is Islam. They ain't just on Earth, folks, resistance is futile...