[kadonoishi]

Here's another answer to the Fermi Paradox, that while life is normal and abundant, there are lots of random possibilities for destruction such as a primordial black hole coming by.

The apparent rarity of intelligent life might be a statistical matter of there being lots of opportunities for such life to arise, but also lots of hazards of random destruction.

... on reflection, while this might be intellectually satisfying, it's not particularly nice to contemplate.

[valiant55]

That sounds like a variation of the Great Filter[0]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter?wprov=sfla1