Fermi’s Paradox and Mathematical Theory of Rumours: A Possible New Solution?

Year 2020, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 589 - 593, 11.12.2020

Mehmet Emin Özel

Abstract

We propose that Fermi’s Paradox about "Where are the Extraterrestrails?" canbe solved on the basis of the mathematical theory of spread of stochasticrumours developed by Daley and Kendal (1964), Maki and Thompson (1973) andBelen and Pierce (2004). Analytical formulations and their simulations showthat a certain fraction of possible expansion space of a rumour can never bereached; similarly, Earth may had also fallen into this category ofnever-reachable planets in a possible network of communicating civilizationsin the Milky Way.

Keywords

Stochastic rumour models, simulations of rumor models, Fermi’s Paradox, Drake’s Equation, Kepler Satellite

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