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The Dark Forest Theory. It's possible one of the more plausible and interesting theory as to why we don't have alien visitors yet, other than the Zoo Hypothesis. And because I'm bored, let's talk about it.
Through this well-made video by Lemmino, titled The Great Silence, it provoked a few thoughts about why our lovely little planet Earth hasn't gotten any known visitors from other worlds yet. Why? Perhaps because, in the eyes of the extra-terrestrials, we are too primitive. To them, we might be just cavemen playing with our self-driving cars, while they stroll around from galaxies to galaxies with Faster-Than-Light travel.
Here's a good analogy. You were walking in the park and you saw a few ants. You could either a) avoid stepping on them or b) step on them. This summarizes any alien if and when they interact with us, should they even want to interact with us in the first place. Maybe the aliens don't want to interfere with our natural growth, as can be seen with our own doing when we use various methods to alter animals genetically, be it CRISPR or hammer methods like cross-breeding (mules, ligers). This mildly explains the Zoo Hypothesis, where we are assumed to be under a bunch of aliens observation without any intervention. Should we blow ourselves up with the nuclear arsenals laying around the international powers, it would be a wonderful display of fireworks for the aliens, and that would be it.
Now, The Dark Forest theory. Let's begin this with an analogy.
Imagine you're walking in the dark forest with a group of friends. You're hungry, and you only have a single torchlight. You don't have your phones with you. Getting desperate, would you call for help in the forest? Logically, you won't. Why?
There might be some animals around in the forest, big enough to hunt you down.
Same goes for the universe. Most alien society knows the dangers of an unknown universe- they don't know what to expect. Yea, sure, you might hit a few allies here and there, but what if you provoked a more technologically advanced warmongering alien that now knows where you are and will now find you just to seize your planet?
The risks are too high. Perhaps, only time will tell where our friendly E.T.s are and who to avoid. Maybe even some ways to defend ourselves. In any case, a short blog post to share some stuff. Have a nice day.
Cheers,
Chua.
The Dark Forest Theory. It's possible one of the more plausible and interesting theory as to why we don't have alien visitors yet, other than the Zoo Hypothesis. And because I'm bored, let's talk about it.
Through this well-made video by Lemmino, titled The Great Silence, it provoked a few thoughts about why our lovely little planet Earth hasn't gotten any known visitors from other worlds yet. Why? Perhaps because, in the eyes of the extra-terrestrials, we are too primitive. To them, we might be just cavemen playing with our self-driving cars, while they stroll around from galaxies to galaxies with Faster-Than-Light travel.
Here's a good analogy. You were walking in the park and you saw a few ants. You could either a) avoid stepping on them or b) step on them. This summarizes any alien if and when they interact with us, should they even want to interact with us in the first place. Maybe the aliens don't want to interfere with our natural growth, as can be seen with our own doing when we use various methods to alter animals genetically, be it CRISPR or hammer methods like cross-breeding (mules, ligers). This mildly explains the Zoo Hypothesis, where we are assumed to be under a bunch of aliens observation without any intervention. Should we blow ourselves up with the nuclear arsenals laying around the international powers, it would be a wonderful display of fireworks for the aliens, and that would be it.
Now, The Dark Forest theory. Let's begin this with an analogy.
Imagine you're walking in the dark forest with a group of friends. You're hungry, and you only have a single torchlight. You don't have your phones with you. Getting desperate, would you call for help in the forest? Logically, you won't. Why?
There might be some animals around in the forest, big enough to hunt you down.
Same goes for the universe. Most alien society knows the dangers of an unknown universe- they don't know what to expect. Yea, sure, you might hit a few allies here and there, but what if you provoked a more technologically advanced warmongering alien that now knows where you are and will now find you just to seize your planet?
The risks are too high. Perhaps, only time will tell where our friendly E.T.s are and who to avoid. Maybe even some ways to defend ourselves. In any case, a short blog post to share some stuff. Have a nice day.
Cheers,
Chua.
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