Above this text is a SciFi art that portrays the interstellar war. So could the firstborn take all the reason for this kind of behavior between hypothetical intelligent space races?
The idea of this version of the Fermi paradox is that every single planet has space for only one intelligent race. The origin of this theory is that young intelligent species and young civilizations cannot accept other intelligent species. And that causes the war between species. So those intelligent species try to destroy each other because they cannot accept competitors.
When we are looking at human evolution, there is one remarkable thing. When a new member is born in the human evolution its predecessor is lost. So is it possible that this thing can happen on a galactic scale? Could the firstborn civilization destroy all other civilizations? The thing is that ability and will are not the same thing.
And if some civilization destroys all its competitors that might cause this kind of civilization falls into internal conflict. The destruction of other civilizations requires weapons and then there is always somebody who wants to use those weapons to boost its position. We can think that the civilization that attacks other civilizations cannot hear criticism. And that thing might be visible throughout the entire society.
The authoritarian dictators are controlling those civilizations. When the outside enemies are gone there is sooner or later an internal fight for power or civil war. If the hypothetical civilization would reach the multi-stellar level there is the possibility that the war between worlds starts between the central world and its colonies.
There is a couple of things that the interstellar civilization must-have. Before it can destroy its competitors on a galactic level.
1) It must have the ability to interstellar travel
2) Another civilization must be close enough
3) The civilization must not accept other civilizations.
4)The civilization must have the will to destroy other civilizations.
5) The civilization must be immature and thoughtless. The actions like destroying other civilizations cause fear. And that thing can have internal problems in that kind of civilization.
The war between the stars doesn't mean the war between civilizations or war between races. It can mean a war between the capital of the hypothetical civilization and its colonies.
The thing is that those three things are the thing that fights against this "firstborn takes all theory".
During the SETI program is made the profile of civilizations that would make aggressive contact. And the thing is that the sad thing is this. The most aggressive civilizations are young civilizations. That just created their first interstellar systems.
Those civilizations are believing their force. And they are in a sense of strength. But there is only little possibility that the civilization that just made its first interstellar spacecraft will even face another civilization. There could be about 39 intelligent civilizations in our galaxy. But the distance between those civilizations would be enormous.
But if the civilization that just made its first interstellar spacecraft faces the primitive species temptation may become too great. And that civilization can make a massacre.
For creating interstellar technology, the civilization must solve its internal problems. Interstellar projects require very large-scale investments. And even if the civilization doesn't use money. There is needed lots of resources and a workforce.
There is the possibility that the other civilizations would not be close enough. So the civilization must make advanced interstellar technology for reaching another civilization. And that means the civilization must be mature enough for making that type of contact.
And that means that at least another part of the hypothetical interstellar conflict should be a multi-stellar civilization.
But when we are thinking about the war between multi-stellar civilizations we must realize how dangerous those wars are. There is the possibility that even another civilization will win and destroy the other. There are always some outposts that are creating new forces and then they might attack the winner.
The thing is that even the planets are hostile to lifeforms that we know. We must realize that technically advanced civilizations can live on almost every kind of rocky planet. They can create underground tunnels. And underwater stations.
Even if red dwarfs are not allowed a good chance. That lifeform can advance on their planets. Technically advanced civilizations can benefit the solar energy from the dayside of locked planets. And the ocean planets also allow using of the power systems that benefit the capillary power.
Engineers introduced this power source during the oil crisis in the late 1970s. The system is a raft where is the tube. Which other end in the deep sea. The underpressure will pull the water through the generator. The reason why that project was dispanded. Was that some people believed that the water layers in the ocean will mix. And that causes problems for the ecosystems. But that kinds of things are not problems if there are no lifeforms on the planet.
See also:
Drake's equation
Fermi Paradox
Human evolution
SETI-program
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