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Our cosmic duty of life
protection Improbable explanations of Fermi’s
Paradox are sometimes advanced, even by scientists . According to some of
them, advanced extraterrestrials would have sent an ambassador to the White
House if they existed. They do not even consider the fact that advanced
beings capable of such interstellar travels could have their own reasons to
remain silent. One could also refuse
or ignore an invitation! As an example, no mafiosi would
willingly have himself registered to a special offfice where all of his kind
would be invited to do so. An office destiined to welcome « the most
deserving citizens » would likewise not be visited by the best of the
kind, these people being also the less inclined to claim such qualities. Yet,
there is no doubt that there are plenty of mafiosis and deserving citizens on
this planet. Many reasons could explain the
absence of extraterrestrials among our ambassadors. This site proposes a
disconcerting hypothesis which could explain Fermi’s Paradox. It is not in
contradiction with present knowledge. We
could still be alone in this universe and our species is in danger. As long
as we cannot claim that we are not alone, we should therefore reasonably
consider that universal life is in danger and that all should be done to save
it. It could in fact be anytime destroyed! In
spite of a life expectation constantly increased for most of us, our species
as such remains more than ever mortal. « A cosmic experiment »
of ~13,6 billions years could so be
destroyed by a single asteroidal shock. What a mess in prospect! |
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An asteroid could destroy our planet
with all the life on it. And we could be alone in the universe. |
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But if
we were not alone in the universe, beings more advanced than we are could
also expect from us that we protect terrestrial and universal life. Our refusal to do so would be
considered as a mark of cosmic immaturity and irresponsibility. They could
not allow the interstellar expansion of a primitive and predatory species
such as ours (weeds should be pulled out in time). The
allegory of the car insurance : Coherence is required from mankind :
we cannot claim that we are alone in this universe, but even if it were so,
intelligent life is then the more precious and we should do our best to save
it. If more advanced beings do nonetheless exist, what credit could we
expect from them if we are unable to protect intelligent life considered by
ourselves as unique? They will never contact us : you do not go on a road
where drivers have no insurance liability! With
no « life-assurance » contracted by our species in the Solar
System, mankind cannot be trusted. Extraterrestrials would remain silent us
as long as we behave so! Their existence would free us from
the overwhelming responsibility of an eventual cosmic solitude of mankind.
But the risks of life destruction are numerous even if we are not alone, and
it is reasonable to do the utmost to reduce them. We have to do our part to increase
the chances of survival of a cosmic intelligence that was so long to appear.
We are anyway the sole bearers of the human part of it. Intelligent
extraterrestrials would expect that from us and we cannot passively wait for
a fatal death. An advanced species such as ours should find the means to
solve this problem of cosmic survival before any contact with eventual
extraterrestrials is allowed. We
should give birth to a cosmic descent! Question : Do not we
have more urgent problems to solve? We have to care for our children with a
more and more precarious future. It is already not so easy to survive! Answer : Both problems should not be
dissociated. Saving a terrestrial life which could be unique in the universe
is a collective reponsibility of mankind. We care during all our llife for
the future of our children even if we know that death will not allow us to
take part to it. We should act likewise for the future of a cosmic descent of
mankind. Question : Should we
care about the fate of the universe and its cosmic intlligence if we were no
longer alive? « When we are gone, let happen what may ! » could
man say. Answer : Such a selfish view would
not be human ! The death of the individual or of the
whole human species can be accepted. But if
consciousness means anything for an advanced civilization such as ours, the
death of a cosmic experiment of some 13,6 billions years is unacceptable! It is proposed to
terraform Mars or other solar planets in view of an hominization
of primates passing through successive evolution steps comparable to
mankind’s from
Prehistoric
Times to modern man. As we could undertake
such a project if we decide to do so, man’s consciousness may well be the
result of such
an
evolution led by a previous stellar civilization. |
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Primitive men |