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الحياة الذكية في الكوسمولوجيا
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Frank J. Tipler
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أنا سأقدم ثلاثة أدلة للمقالة أن الحياة الذكية نادرة جدا في الكون. أولا، سألخص قناع الإجماع لأصحاب التحول الحديث (سيمبسون، دوبشانسكي، وماير) أن تطور الحياة الذكية غير محتمل جدا. ثانيا، سأتطور الحجب الفيرمي: إذا كانوا موجودين فإنهم هنا. ثالثا، سأظهر أن إذا كانت الحياة الذكية كثيرة جدا فإنها ستستخدم كل الموارد المتاحة وتموت. ولكن سأظهر أن قاعدة الوحدة الكمية (في الحقيقة شكل من التلاعولية!) تتطلب أن تبقى الحياة الذكية حتى نهاية الزمن. وأخيرا، سأدعو أن إذا كان الكون يتسارع فإن البقاء حتى نهاية الزمن يتطلب أن يكون الحياة الذكية، على الرغم من أنها نادرة، قد تطورت عدة مرات في الكون الظاهر. سأدعو أن التسارع هو نتيجة للزيادة في المادة على المادة المعاكسة في الكون. وسأقترح تجارب لاختبار هذه المطالب.
I shall present three arguments for the proposition that intelligent life is very rare in the universe. First, I shall summarize the consensus opinion of the founders of the Modern Synthesis (Simpson, Dobzhanski, and Mayr) that the evolution of intelligent life is exceedingly improbable. Second, I shall develop the Fermi Paradox: if they existed theyd be here. Third, I shall show that if intelligent life were too common, it would use up all available resources and die out. But I shall show that the quantum mechanical principle of unitarity (actually a form of teleology!) requires intelligent life to survive to the end of time. Finally, I shall argue that, if the universe is indeed accelerating, then survival to the end of time requires that intelligent life, though rare, to have evolved several times in the visible universe. I shall argue that the acceleration is a consequence of the excess of matter over antimatter in the universe. I shall suggest experiments to test these claims.
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