Viruses Could Be "The Great Filter" And The New Solution To The Fermi Paradox
287We've all looked at the stars at night. Have you ever wondered if it is possible that there is a planet with extraterrestrial life in one of the countless stars that surround us and that one of those aliens looks at our star asking the same question?
Today, we know that most stars have exoplanets, that many of those exoplanets look a lot like Earth, and that a good portion of those exoplanets that look like Earth are in their star's habitable zone.
We also know that if life formed on Earth, it is likely to have formed elsewhere in the universe, on some planet with similar conditions.
Finally, we know that, in our galaxy, the Milky Way, there are at least 100,000 million stars and that each star has approximately three planets, so in our galaxy alone, there are at least 300,000 million planets, of which at least a third could have conditions to host living beings.
So, if the odds of other intelligent civilizations out there are very high, where are they?
Why have we not found a single piece of evidence of extraterrestrial life to this day?
Are we entirely alone in the universe?
We accompany you to find out!
Fermi Paradox
This apparent contradiction between the high probability of finding advanced extraterrestrial life and the lack of evidence for the existence of such intelligent civilizations is known as the Fermi Paradox.
Great Filter Theory
The Great Filter or "Great Filter Hypothesis" is a proposal by researcher Robin Dale Hanson of the University of Oxford, who proposed that, in the development of life from the earliest stages of abiogenesis to reaching the highest levels of technological development, there is a barrier that makes detectable extraterrestrial life extremely rare.
The Role of Viruses in Evolution
Although many scientists suspect that the Great Filter could be in the future, many others conjecture that this hypothetical Great Filter could be found in the past.
Retroviruses and Human Development
A recent study by a group of scientists led by Tanay Ghosh of the Cambridge Labs-Institute of Science investigated a substance called "Myelin" and its importance in developing human intelligence.
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00:00 Intro
1:24 fermi paradox
4:28 great filter theory / hyphotesis
6:00 the roles of viruses in evolution
9:50 retroviruses and myelin sheath
11:20 convergent evolution scheda
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