They argue that all intelligent life most likely destroyed itself before it achieved enough
The Great Filter Theory"filtering out" various forms of life - argues that other civilizations, perhaps several, existed during the life of the universe. But they all destroyed themselves before they could make contact with Earth, notes the article "Avoiding the Great Filter: Extraterrestrial Life and Humanity's Future in the Universe."
Scientists fear that all intelligent life, such as humans, has deep-rooted dysfunctions that could "snowball quickly into the Great Filter," they wrote.
But people still have some hopeprovided that we can learn and take steps to avoid our own extinction, notes a paper by a team of researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
“The key to successfully overcoming such a universal filter for humanity is to identify destructive qualities in itself and neutralize them in advance,” wrote astrophysicist Jonathan Jiang.
The author of the article claims that the reason that,likely to destroy humans, could also threaten intelligent life on other planets. The authors note that potential culprits that could be affected by humans or other intelligent life forms include nuclear war, a pandemic, climate change, and out-of-control artificial intelligence.
The biggest challenge of all will be how to work together to survive, the researchers say.
“History has shown that intraspecific competitionand, more importantly, collaboration has taken us to the highest peaks of invention. And yet we are spreading ideas that seem to be the antithesis of long-term sustainable growth: racism, genocide, injustice, sabotage,” the authors warn.
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