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Get ready world! Hillary is ready for her comeback!

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Where the heck are the aliens?

Fermi's paradox is the contradiction between the high probability that alien civilizations exist and the lack of contact we've had with aliens. Here are 11 potential answers to Fermi’s paradox, some of which sound feasible, while others resemble big-budget sci-fi movie plots.

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All advanced civilizations are listening for signals, not sending them.

Imagine 10 people scattered across Earth several miles from one another. Each of them has a cell phone, but instead of dialing different combinations in the hopes of contacting one another, they just keep an eye on their respective phones, waiting for an incoming call.

Read more on this theory here.

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Aliens are observing us like zoo animals.

Advanced beings are studying us from afar instead of interacting. There are many reasons why they might choose only to observe, whether it’s because they’re waiting for us to meet particular criteria as a civilization or they simply want to observe us in our natural habitat without knowledge of their existence.

Read more on this theory here.

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Humans aren't searching correctly for signals from alien civilizations.

Imagine trying to contact someone by making a phone call to a fax machine or sending a text to a landline. Aliens could be sending out signals right this very moment and we’re just not listening for them the right way.

Read more on this theory here.

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In a video that’s been going viral for a week now, British South Korea expert Robert Kelly was being interviewed on a BBC news broadcast when his children, excited to see him on the TV, came rushing into his office mid-interview, followed closely by a frantic mother who wrangled them quickly out of the scene. Kelly handled the whole thing with an admirably straight face, and parents everywhere laughed knowingly at the inevitably unexpected nature of having a family.

So of course there is now a Star Wars version (courtesy of Jack of All Genius), because the Internet. It’s only a matter of time before there’s a version starring tiny hamsters (if there is one by the time this article goes up, please post it in comments).

Now, sticklers for accuracy are bound to note that it should be Padme coming in to corral li’l Luke and Leia, rather than Leia coming in to get two rowdy droids (let’s not even think about all the familial implications there. Oops, too late). And the Darth Vader voice is obviously not a James Earl Jones parody–it’s a voice done as if Robert Kelly, rather than Anakin Skywalker, had become Darth Vader. Or is perhaps cosplaying as him.

And while, say, Wicket and Paploo are more obvious for kid roles in the Star Wars universe, you can’t really cast them here because some people still hate Ewoks irrationally. R2-D2 and BB-8, though, are impossible to dislike, even though they often interfere at inopportune times.

Just wait till  Vader gets interrupted by his grandkid someday. That won’t be pretty.

Have you seen any other “BBC Dad” parodies we should check out? Let us know below, or post them to our Facebook page!

Image: Jack of All Genius

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When you think about it, Snoke’s the one who always does TV interviews…