If intelligence matters to the universe, where is everybody? (The Fermi paradox)
The Fermi paradox contrasts the apparent opportunities for extraterrestrial life with the lack of an agreed detection of technological civilizations. OPH's proposal that intelligent observers participate in their world's reconstruction does not predict how many civilizations exist, how long they last or whether they communicate with us. A role for observers is not a forecast of visible spacecraft. Distances, timing, biology and detectability must be modeled rather than inferred from the closure idea. The thesis therefore gives a reason to investigate intelligence as part of the physical history, while leaving the astronomical population question to evidence. Without a quantitative population and signal model, OPH has no established solution to the apparent silence.
See also Why does intelligence exist?, Does evolution have a goal?, Are there other universes?
Sources: NASA: life in the universe and the search for technological signals
Also in Chapter 37: Why Does the Loop Have No Beginning?, Chapter 39: Why Is a Bacterium Freer Than an Atom?.
This answer comes from OPH, Observer Patch Holography. OPH is a rigorous, consistent and complete description of the unified, self-creating computational Universe we inhabit. Its consistency is machine-checked: the fixed point at its core is constructed explicitly, and a theory with a model contains no contradiction.
To understand OPH and check every step yourself, start with the free book Reverse Engineering Reality. It builds the theory from the ground up, and the OPH Notebook answers your questions while you read.
read the free bookask the notebookor ask sage:read chapter 3: Why Would a Universe Need Anybody In It?watch a universe make its own particles