Too Early? On the Apparent Conflict of Astrobiology and Cosmology

Details Too Early? On the Apparent Conflict of Astrobiology and Cosmology Too Early? On the Apparent Conflict of Astrobiology and Cosmology

2005-04-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0505006v1

Biol.Phil.21:369-379,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages, no figures

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An interesting consequence of the modern cosmological paradigm is the spatial infinity of the universe. When coupled with naturalistic understanding of the origin of life and intelligence, which follows the basic tenets of astrobiology, and with some fairly incontroversial assumptions in the theory of observation selection effects, this infinity leads, as Ken Olum has recently shown, to a paradoxical conclusion. Olum's paradox is related, to the famous Fermi's paradox in astrobiology and SETI studies. We, hereby, present an evolutionary argument countering the apparent inconsistency, and show how, in the framework of a simplified model, deeper picture of the coupling between histories of intelligent/technological civilizations and astrophysical evolution of the Galaxy, can be achieved. This strategy has consequences of importance for both astrobiological studies and philosophy.

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