Persistence solves Fermi Paradox but challenges SETI projects
Abstract
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Persistence phenomena in colonization processes could explain the negative results of SETI search preserving the possibility of a galactic civilization. However, persistence phenomena also indicates that search of technological civilizations in stars in the neighbourhood of Sun is a misdirected SETI strategy. This last conclusion is also suggested by a weaker form of the Fermi paradox. A simple model of a branching colonization which includes emergence, decay and branching of civilizations is proposed. The model could also be used in the context of ant nests diffusion.
2 pages, no figures, v2 with corrected definition of branching ratio
2 pages, no figures, v2 with corrected definition of branching ratio