The Fermi Paradox as a Channel Selection Error: Why We Are Listening on the Wrong Frequency

The Fermi paradox assumes that advanced civilizations communicate electromagnetically. But there's a medium with 5× the bandwidth and zero electromagnetic signature: the dark matter field. Any civilization that discovers it would stop using radio for the same reason we stopped using smoke signals. The galaxy may be full of conversations we can't hear because we're tuned to the wrong channel. A receiver to test this is under development.