Evolution through the stochastic dyadic Cantor Set: the uniqueness of mankind in the Universe

Abstract

The search for intelligent life or any type of life involves processes with nonlinear chaotic behaviours throughout the Universe. Through the sensitive dependence condition, chaotic dynamics are also difficult or impossible to duplicate, forecast and predict. Similar evolution patterns will result in completely different outcomes. Even, the intelligent life evolution pattern, based on carbon, DNA–RNA–protein, will differ from all possible sequences. In the present paper, the stochastic dyadic Cantor set models the many possible variations of such chaotic behaviours in the Universe, yielding to a tendency to zero, for any scenario of intelligent life evolution. The probability of the development of the exact microscopic and macroscopic scenario that is capable of supporting intelligent life or any other type of life in any planet is vanishingly small. Thus, the present analysis suggests that mankind, as an extremely statistically uncommon occurrence, is unique and alone in the Universe.

Scientists’ warning to humanity for long-term planetary thinking on biodiversity and humankind preservation, a cosmic perspective

“…And there are additional nonutilitarian and utilitarian reasons unforeseen today. Regarding nonutilitarian motivations, the possibility of intelligent life throughout the universe is a subject of active debate among astrobiologists (e.g., see Mahecha 2016 , Frank 2018 ), but thus far, there is no scientific evidence of other life in the known universe. Allowing for the only current evidence of life in an inert universe to vanish is therefore unacceptable, if only for ethical reasons.…”