Olivier Auber, "Search for Terrestrial Intelligence" English
The existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life forms among the thousands of billions of galaxies that dance in the Universe is beyond doubt (1). Meeting with one of them is only a matter of time. SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) has been searching for them for only half a century. However, the crucial question today is whether we will have time to establish contact given the multiple threats that humanity puts on itself. Therefore, it seems urgent to launch a program complementary to SETI which could be called STI (Search for Terrestrial Intelligence). Enrico Fermi, ID badge, Los Alamos, (~1943) In 1950, the physicist Enrico Fermi formulated the following paradox: If there were extraterrestrial civilizations, their representatives should be already around us. But we do not see them. One of the hypotheses that could explain their absence could be that intelligent civilizations all end up self-destructing before making any contact with one another. A mysterious phenomenon would be at work at the heart of civilizations; Suicidal behavior would emerge systematically from all forms of intelligent lives. Concerning humanity, some evoke a systemic stupidity (2) specific to our species. On the scale of the Universe, if this hypothesis is true, one could speak of cosmic stupidity. [...] You may follow the article here: https://medium.com/@olivierauber/search-for-terrestrial-intelligence-2673ef92c2ec#.dzowv87b4 En français : https://medium.com/@olivierauber/search-for-terrestrial-intelligence-94c4d5ff0bf0#.mg7yf2t1q Regards. L. -- ----- ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre