Why are the aliens in no hurry to "establish" communication with earthlings: versions of the Enrico Fermi paradox

Italian physicist Enrico Fermi created the world's first nuclear reactor, but it was not this achievement that allowed him to leave his mark on history.

During a conversation with colleagues in 1950, he launched a discussion about the reasons for the paradox: why for so many years humanity has not encountered extraterrestrials, although intelligent life absolutely exists somewhere in the Universe. The result was a Fermi paradox that made the researcher famous. He asked his colleagues why humanity has not found convincing evidence of the presence of aliens on Earth.

 

Earth - object for observation

According to one version, our planet has long been in the field of view of beings more developed than ourselves. However, observers are in no hurry to make contact with people, because for them we are just animals in a zoo, with which there is nothing to talk about. Our intelligence index is at a primitive level, so earthlings simply do not understand the aliens. We need to develop, and this is what the aliens are waiting for.

According to one version, our planet has long been in the field of view of beings more developed than ourselves. However, observers are in no hurry to make contact with people, because for them we are just animals in a zoo, with which there is nothing to talk about. Our intelligence index is at a primitive level, so earthlings simply do not understand the aliens. We need to develop, and this is what the aliens are waiting for. 

Some researchers suggest that the Earth is a unique place in the Universe. Conditions on our planet have developed in such a way that we are at an optimal distance from the Central star of our system, located at a sufficient distance from other stars and black holes. It seems that we are just lucky because other planets can not boast of such a coincidence of favorable conditions. Still, it is hard to believe that in the infinite universe there is no other habitable celestial body other than Earth.

Earth-a provincial planet

According to some hypotheses, the Universe has the same division in the development of planets as on Earth – in the standard of living of countries. There are "third world" countries that are located far from the main trade routes and do not have a large number of minerals for export. By this analogy, the Earth is located on the periphery of the Universe. The inhabitants of other galaxies have nothing to "profit" here, so the intergalactic routes of spaceships pass far from our planet.

The "Great Filter" theory

This is also an assumption somewhat similar to Darwin's theory of natural selection. According to it, each space civilization goes through several stages of development from primitive to high-tech. The earth was able to pass these stages, and people from uncouth Neanderthals turned into Homo Sapiens with high technology. Not all alien races "surf" the vast depths of space. Some civilizations of other planets were destroyed by global catastrophes or civil war. They have enough internal troubles of their own, so they don't care about mastering distant celestial bodies.

Life in the matrix.

This theory refers us to the cult trilogy of films of brothers (now sisters) Wachowski's "The Matrix". It turns out that we live in an artificial simulation of reality, which means that other civilizations simply cannot exist, since this is not included in the program of our virtual reality.

The opinion of a Russian mathematician

The discussion about extraterrestrials, launched by the Italian Fermi in the 50s of the last century, managed to participate and Russian theorist Alexander Berezin.

He made several suggestions:

• aliens are very different from us in physiology, so we may just not realize that we are facing aliens;
• aliens may be able to fly, but they don't have enough intelligence to communicate with us;
• the scientist is sure that any developed civilization will destroy competitors;
• it is the earthlings who can be the highest form of life in the Universe, and it is up to us to communicate with the aliens.

So we need to take further steps to develop Mars and the moon, and there, maybe, we will meet intelligent aliens. However, we need to think again: maybe it's a good thing that we didn't have contact with aliens? Who knows, maybe this meeting will be fatal for humanity.

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