The idea of finding aliens is almost as terrible as never finding one. For several decades, Man set himself the goal of discovering life beyond the Earthalthough so far without much fruit.
However, a new study seems to be shedding some light on the matter. Published in Royal Society, this is a twist on the famous Fermi paradox; and pretend find out the reasons why humanity has not found advanced civilizations.
“The common belief that there are many technologically advanced civilizations in the universe, combined with our observations suggesting the exact opposite, is paradoxical, suggesting that our knowledge or observations are flawed or incomplete.”
Fermi paradox
As Fermi’s theory explains, there is a conflict: the existence of aliens versus their apparent absence in such a wide space. The new study attacks precisely this point of view, suggesting not the absence of aliens, but rather disinterest of the latter in contacts with other civilizations. We’re going to explain why.
What does the theory of asymptotic exhaustion refer to?
The new theory was developed by Dr. Michael Wong of the Carnegie Institute of Science along with Dr. Stuart Bartlett of the California Institute of Technology. In it, they explain how, after the point of no return in an interplanetary civilization, society said decides to make a decision to “prioritize homeostasis”researchers describe.
“Civilizations collapse from exhaustion or reorient themselves to prioritize homeostasis, a state in which cosmic expansion is no longer a goal, making them difficult to detect from a distance.”
Dr. Michael Wong and Dr. Stuart Bartlett
What does it mean? Well, in the case of large-scale alien civilizations, the depletion of resources in their region and the ever-growing demand of a developed society, could make them return to the primitive stage againor less advanced. This would allow them to continue to exist as a species, limiting resource consumption but also becoming increasingly invisible in the dark vacuum of space.
Light at the end of the tunnel
However, while the news released by the researchers seems to indicate that we will never find a high level civilization; There is another important point that allows us to have hope. As they comment in their study, those civilizations that were on the verge of exhaustion they may be easier to spot than any others.
The reason is clear, and it is that there is always a reason before a breakpoint. If these alien societies are about to reach the described exhaustion, then at this time are in the process of changing the environment, dissipating energy in ways that are harmful to the environment, producing fluctuations at such a high level that they can produce noise that scientists on Earth can easily detect.
“This raises the possibility that a significant portion of humanity’s early detections of extraterrestrial life were intelligent, though not wise.”
Of course, This is just one theory out of many.. While we love this item, remember to accept it for what it is. At the moment, there is no evidence to support the words of Dr. Wong and Dr. Barlett.
In addition, there are other variables in the game. What if human experience does not apply to other sentient species? The universe is as vast as the one we live in aliens may behave a little differentlyand based on their own criteria and variables.
Source: Hiper Textual
