Here's why Professor Brian Cox thinks we're yet to hear from aliens

Several researchers have been doing various studies about life and extraterrestrial species. They have different takes on whether aliens have yet visited our planet Earth or not. A few have also suggested various theories supporting their beliefs that aliens and similar species haven’t embarked on a journey to Earth. While their reasons have scientific reasoning, Professor Brian Cox had a perplexing yet witty idea for the same. The physicist shared a post on X, making a sarcastic comment on why he believes aliens are avoiding our planet. The post was in response to a previous tribute Cox had posted in honor of the probe spacecraft launched in 1977 - NASA's Voyager 1.

The post was about how Voyager 1, which sends readable data from space, was fixed this year with the brilliance of astronomers and researchers. Cox shared an article and captioned it, “It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth.” While the physicist was admiring the event, several users added a dash of humor to the post. @Bloodlight_86 wrote, “Meanwhile, the printer that's 3 feet from my laptop won't connect.” @charlesblack hysterically added, “It is amazing and with a tiny amount of power. If we could get that comms team working on train WiFi.”

@AnotherSapien hilariously added, “My Samsung S21 has decided it only wants to charge 50% of the time and the Twitter app loads when it feels like it.” @MrProWestie pointed out, “But Spotify can’t continue to update Car Thing despite it remaining on the same planet the company operates on.” Cox was taken aback by the responses. He addressed them in his reply to his original post and, once again, highlighted why thought aliens are yet to reach humans on Earth. He wrote, “A few of the replies to this little tribute to engineering excellence exhibit a level of stupidity that suggests to me that it won’t be long before our spacecraft are the only thing that remains of our increasingly dim-witted civilization.”

Cox was on a roasting spree with his post and there was no telling what was coming next. He went on to speak about the Fermi Paradox which discusses the existence of extraterrestrial life. He said, “Until recently, I have guessed that the answer to the Fermi Paradox might be found in biology - complex biological systems are rare.” However, he hysterically stressed that after understanding the “complexity” humans possess, their lack of intelligence could be the sole reason for the paradox. He concluded his post, “I’m increasingly of the view that the reason for The Great Silence is that civilizations are inevitably crushed by the weight of knobheads shortly after inventing the internet.”

Cox knocked out every possible sarcasm with his top-notch satire. People were left in stitches by Cox’s priceless words and impressive roasting skills. @Moleatthedoor hysterically asked, “Do you think, Professor, that we will ever find intelligent life...on Earth?” @rebeccabutlerm2 added, “Don’t despair. There’s always the possibility of an asteroid doing us all a favor.” @davidrjackson11 accurately wrote, “I understood some of the words here, I feel accomplished.” @curtainsislicon chimed in, “...or we delegate all our thinking to AI, and rapidly devolve.” @jumpjim added, “Hilarious! Bookmarked for posterity.” @jimstevenson wrote, “I have always been way more concerned about the Intelligence, or lack of it, part!”