Where will they be : hidden implications of solutions to the Fermi paradox
Faculty/Professorship: | General Psychology and Methodology |
Author(s): | Döbler, Niklas ![]() |
Title of the Journal: | International Journal of Astrobiology |
ISSN: | 1473-5504, 1475-3006 |
Publisher Information: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
Year of publication: | 2022 |
Volume: | 21 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 200-204 |
Language(s): | English |
DOI: | 10.1017/s147355042200012x |
Abstract: | Solutions to the Fermi paradox either deny the existence of extraterrestrials or offer alternative reasons to explain the non-occurrence of a first contact. While the latter, more optimistic approaches generally assume the existence of extraterrestrials, they simultaneously hint to limited future detectability. If solutions to the Fermi paradox are accepted as true, they must be evaluated in terms of how they affect the likelihood of success of future SETI efforts. Some solutions may lead to the so-called Fermi constraint: in order to explain why there has not been any contact so far, optimistic solutions to the Fermi paradox have to accept assumptions that, if the solution is assumed to be correct, indicate a very low probability of future contact. In other words: they are not here, and that is why they may never appear. |
GND Keywords: | Außerirdische Intelligenz; Fermi, Enrico |
Keywords: | Extraterrestrial intelligence, SETI, Fermi Paradox |
DDC Classification: | 530 Physics |
RVK Classification: | UB 2580 |
Type: | Article |
URI: | https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/53834 |
Release Date: | 26. April 2022 |
Project: | Open-Access-Publikationskosten 2022 - 2024 |

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