Adaptationism fails to resolve Fermi's paradox
| Autor: | Milan M. Ćirković, Tanja Beric-Bjedov, C Ivana Dragicevic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Physics
lcsh:Astronomy media_common.quotation_subject astrobiology Extraterrestrial intelligence Face (sociological concept) Doctrine Astronomy and Astrophysics Context (language use) extraterrestrial intelligence Epistemology Astrobiology lcsh:QB1-991 Silence Adaptationism Spite Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope media_common |
| Zdroj: | Serbian Astronomical Journal, Vol 2005, Iss 170, Pp 89-100 (2005) |
| ISSN: | 1820-9289 1450-698X |
| Popis: | One of the most interesting problems in the nascent discipline of astrobiology is more than half-century old Fermi's paradox: why, considering extraordinary young age of Earth and the Solar System in the Galactic context, don't we perceive much older intelligent communities or signposts of their activity? In spite of a vigorous research activity in recent years, especially bolstered by successes of astrobiology in finding extrasolar planets and extremophiles, this problem (also known as the "Great Silence" or "astrosociological" paradox) remains as open as ever. In a previous paper, we have discussed a particular evolutionary solution suggested by Karl Schroeder based on the currently dominant evolutionary doctrine of adaptationism. Here, we extend that discussion with emphasis on the problems such a solution is bound to face, and conclude that it is ultimately quite unlikely. . |
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