Adaptationism Fails to Resolve Fermi's Paradox

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Jun 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005seraj.170...89c&link_type=abstract

Serbian Astronomical Journal, Vol. 180, p. 89-100 (http://saj.matf.bg.ac.yu/)

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Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Inteligence

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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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