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1、physics/0512062ASolutiontotheFermiParadox:TheSolarSystem,PartofaGalacticHypercivilization?BeatrizGato-RiveraarXiv:physics/0512062v3[physics.pop-ph]12Jan2006WorldMysteryForum2005,Interlaken(Switzerland)November20051IntroductionThistalkisaboutthepossibilitythattheSolarSystembelongstotheterrito
2、ryofahypercivilizationspanningourgalaxyoralargeregionofit.IwillstartintroducingtheFermiParadox(whywedonotseealiensaround?)andsomeofitssolutions.ThenIwillpresentmyownsolutionwhichincludestwoproposalscalledtheSubanthropicPrincipleandtheUndetectabilityConjecture.Thissolutionstatesthat,atpresent
3、,alltypicalgalaxieslikeoursarealreadycolonizedbyveryadvancedtechnologicalcivilizationsspreadthroughlargeregionsorthewholegalaxies,manyofthemcontainingprimitivesubcivilizationslikeours.AfterdiscussingsomeconsequencesofthissolutionforourplanetandourcivilizationIwillmakesomecommentsonrecent,ver
4、ypopulartheoriesinthescientificcommunityofParticlePhysicsandCosmology.Thesetheories,knownas‘braneworlds’,assumethatourvisibleUniversewiththreespacedimensionsisembeddedinamuchlargerCosmoswithmorespacedimensions.Thereforeitwouldbemostnaturalifotheruniverseswouldalsoexistlocatedalongtheextraspac
5、edimensions.Asaresult,thesetheoriesopenupenormouspossibilitiesregardingthevisitationorcolonizationoftheSolarSystembyaliencivilizations,strengtheningtheFermiParadox.Finally,intheappendixIhaveincludedsomequestionsandanswersthatcameupduringthisForum.2TheFermiParadoxInthesummer1950,inLosAlamos,t
6、henuclearphysicistsEnricoFermi,EdwardTellerandothercolleaguesbroughtupthesubjectofunidentifiedflyingobjects(UFO’s)whilehavinglunch.Thistopicwasverypopularatthattime.Afterawhile,whentheyhadchangedsubjectsFermisuddenlyasked:Whereiseverybody?Performingfastmentalcomputations,Fermihadreachedtheconc
7、lusionthataliencivilizationsshouldhavebeenaroundvisitingEarthformanythousandsormillionsofyears.Therefore,whywedonotseethem?ThisistheFermiParadox.AlthoughFermineverexplainedhowhemadehiscomputations,norgaveanesti-mateofthenumberofcivilizationswhichsh
