for scientific searches for intelligent extraterrestrial life.
Scientific investigations began at the very beginning of the 20th century
and focused international efforts have been ongoing since the 1980s.
The Drake equation is an attempt to estimate the number of active, communicative extraterrestrial civilizations in our Milky Way galaxy.
The Fermi Paradox, named after Enrico Fermi, is the apparent contradiction, between the lack of evidence for extraterrestrial civilizations elsewhere
in the Milky Way galaxy, and various high estimates of their likelihood.
in the Milky Way galaxy, and various high estimates of their likelihood.
It's based on the assumption that the Big-Bang model is correct, and that life can evolve from non-life by chance (something that has never been observed).
The basic points for the existence of extraterrestrial life are as follows:
The Fermi paradox can be explained by the Bible,
see The Creation Model in The Big-Bang Model Revealed.
Humans are the center of Gods purpose for the Creation. When Adam fell in the Garden of Eden, it affected all of Creation, the entire universe (Rom 8:18–25),
see The Biblical Creation and the Fall of Man. At the end time there will be
A New Heaven and a New Earth. Earth was created first in the universe according to the Bible. See also The Universe has a Center
in The Big-Bang Model Revealed. Then it's difficult to assume
that God has also created biblical life on other planets. See also
time 57:44–59:20 in "Astronomy Reveals Creation" with Dr. Jason Lisle.
The basic points for the existence of extraterrestrial life are as follows:
- There are 400 billion stars in the Milky Way,
of which 20 billion are similar to the Sun. - Estimates have suggested that one-fifth of stars similar to the Sun have Earth-like planets in the habitable zone
(the area with the conditions for life to exist as we know it). - If only 0.1% of these planets have developed life,
there should be a million planets with life in the Milky Way. - The Milky Way is estimated to be 13.8 billion years old
(according to the Big-Bang model), but the Earth is estimated
to be "only" 4.6 billion years old. This means that
there must have been many chances for life to develop
on these other Earth-like planets before it developed on Earth. - Although only a few of these civilizations have developed
interstellar travel, we should be aware of them now. - Even at the slow pace of currently imagined interstellar travel, the Milky Way could be traversed completely in a few million years.
- Since many of the Sun-like stars are billions of years older
than the Sun according to the Big-Bang model,
this seems to give plenty of time.
By this reasoning, Earth should already have been visited by an alien civilization, or at least by their probes. Since this isn't the case,
and the lack of evidence for extraterrestrial civilizations
elsewhere in the Milky Way galaxy, it's seen as a paradox.
and the lack of evidence for extraterrestrial civilizations
elsewhere in the Milky Way galaxy, it's seen as a paradox.
There have been many attempts to explain the Fermi paradox;
mainly suggests that intelligent extraterrestrials are extremely rare,
that the lifespan of such civilizations is short, or that they exist
but for various reasons we see no evidence (rescue devices).
mainly suggests that intelligent extraterrestrials are extremely rare,
that the lifespan of such civilizations is short, or that they exist
but for various reasons we see no evidence (rescue devices).
The Creation Model
The Fermi paradox can be explained by the Bible,
see The Creation Model in The Big-Bang Model Revealed.
Humans are the center of Gods purpose for the Creation. When Adam fell in the Garden of Eden, it affected all of Creation, the entire universe (Rom 8:18–25),
see The Biblical Creation and the Fall of Man. At the end time there will be
A New Heaven and a New Earth. Earth was created first in the universe according to the Bible. See also The Universe has a Center
in The Big-Bang Model Revealed. Then it's difficult to assume
that God has also created biblical life on other planets. See also
time 57:44–59:20 in "Astronomy Reveals Creation" with Dr. Jason Lisle.
Note that there is a difference between our definition of biological life
and biblical life. Biblical life includes only species that have blood
and biblical life. Biblical life includes only species that have blood
(Gen (1 Mos) 9:4, Lev (3 Mos) 17:11), and doesn't include plants or microorganisms. But there probably isn't even biological life on other planets.
My opinion is that only life can create life. Life can't spontaneously emerge from non-life. Pasteurization is based on this assumption, and it works.
See also this information about discovered Exoplanets in these videos:
- Time 37:33–44:06 in the video Dr. Danny Faulkner - What
the James Webb Space Telescope Has Revealed about the Universe - Time 41:48–47:03 in Danny Faulkner - Biblical Cosmology:
The Firmament and the Waters Above the Heavens.
This means that it's reasonable to assume that life only exists on Earth in the
entire universe. It can be seen as something that the Creation Model predicts.
The Fermi paradox is therefore not a paradox of the Creation Model,
but it's a paradox of the Big-Bang Model (see Isaiah 45:18).
entire universe. It can be seen as something that the Creation Model predicts.
The Fermi paradox is therefore not a paradox of the Creation Model,
but it's a paradox of the Big-Bang Model (see Isaiah 45:18).
See also Evidence for Creation.
