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How scary is a Type V alien civilization? If humans reach, or will no longer need flesh

As human beings, we take pride in our splendid civilization

By Bettye LutzPublished 2 years ago 8 min read
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How scary is a Type V alien civilization? If humans reach, or will no longer need flesh
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Our technology is limited in many places, such as the inability of humans to log on to Mars and the fact that human probes have still not left the solar system completely.

This is because our civilization level is really low in the universe, and other civilizations are very scary for human beings.

The human civilization is indeed unprecedented on Earth. Considering the whole history of the Earth as 24 hours, mankind was born in the last minutes, civilization appeared in the last seconds, and technology was mastered in the last milliseconds.

However, humans are not omnipotent, we are trapped by energy, trapped by the earth's environment, and even we are trapped by our life span.

However, the human mind is not trapped in this way, our feet can not reach the universe, but our mind can.

So, for other creatures in the universe, human beings have launched a rich imagination

Of course, this is not the imagination of scientists, but there is a basis.

In 1964, the Soviet astronomer Kardashev proposed a cross-genre idea - a cosmic hierarchy of civilizations.

The various works of science fiction we see today that refer to extraterrestrial civilizations were built based on this theory of his.

At that time, Kardashev divided the civilizations of the universe into three hierarchical types, using human beings on Earth as an example to develop a detailed explanation.

Type I civilization: Humans mastered all the resources of the Earth, became the real master of the Earth, and also dominated the Earth's satellites.

Human beings have not reached this level, and the resources we use are limited to the Earth's crust, the interior of the Earth we have not reached.

Type II civilization: Humans can use the resources of the entire solar system and can do free travel through the solar system.

Type III civilization: Humans can enjoy the resources of the entire galaxy and their activities spread to the galaxy.

Kardashev did not mention the extragalactic galaxy and the entire universe, and later astronomers added Type IV and Type V civilizations to his base.

Corresponding to human beings, type IV civilization can achieve intergalactic spanning, which is often referred to as interstellar navigation and interstellar tourism.

Type V civilization, on the other hand, has the entire universe, and it is no exaggeration to say that the type V civilization is the master of the universe!

For a Type V civilization, the universe has no more limitations, even to the extent that it can decide the life and death of lower-level civilizations.

If human beings reach type V civilization, then we will become "gods" in the true sense.

The first is energy, the entire universe of energy can be used, including dark matter, and dark energy, these things are invisible to humans at this stage.

Secondly, there is no energy limit, naturally, there is no space limit, because this level of human beings, has no longer the distance of the universe in view, after all, the entire universe is the home of V-type civilization humans.

For humans of type V civilization, the light years of the universe are like kilometers today.

For cosmic navigation, type V civilizations can take three approaches.

The first is to fly at superluminal speed and at hundreds and thousands of times the speed of light, perhaps 92 billion light-years at that time, which is equivalent to us sailing 920 kilometers today so easily.

The second is the use of wormholes. A wormhole is a spatial connection channel, able to communicate between two spaces.

For example, two wormholes are at the edge of the universe, they are located in opposite directions, then humans can pass through the wormhole, from this end of the universe to the other end of the universe.

With wormholes, navigation speed can even be achieved without exceeding the speed of light, like a snail's pace can also realize the universe shuttle.

The third is space folding technology, for V-type civilization, our universe is like a sponge that can contract and expand.

If we feel that the distance is too far, we can fold the space between the two, just like folding a piece of paper.

Once folded to the right distance, one can travel through the whole folded space.

Space folding also does not require speed beyond the speed of light, as long as the folding distance is close enough, then the ants can also travel the universe.

Finally, the life span of human beings in type V civilization is no longer limited, and human minds can be embodied, and they can even stop using their physical bodies.

Then the reproduction of type V civilization also no longer has anything to do with the flesh.

Thoughts can be constantly transmitted, and if a physical body is needed, the mind can create a physical body, and when it is no longer needed, the mind can leave this physical body at any time.

This is incomparably terrifying for humans now, who are now like toys in the eyes of V-type civilized humans, who can manipulate our bodies with their minds if they wish.

Many films and television dramas, science fiction novels, and alien civilizations are full of hostility to the Earth, they want to seize the Earth's resources, enslave the Earth's human beings, and even use humans as experiments.

So, when human civilization meets V civilization, what terrible things will happen?

The answer is that there will not be an interstellar war as we imagine, because, for type V civilizations, the concept of war has long since disappeared.

In the war between humans and aliens in movies and TV shows both sides are in a relatively low-level cosmic civilization, still subject to many restrictions.

It is because of the limited resources that disputes and looting occur.

Just ask, a civilization with the energy of the whole universe will look at the three melons of Earth.

This is like human civilization is still a minor child, while V-type civilization has long been the adult who has everything.

Human civilization's most powerful weapon, the nuclear bomb, in the eyes of type V civilization is a firecracker, an adult will go to grab a child's firecracker to use as their weapon.

Obviously, no, it will only watch the child play.

But if the child takes the firecracker to throw at the adult, then the consequences will be different.

The late physicist Stephen Hawking once urged not to mess with aliens, especially those with high civilization levels, because humans are no match for them.

For type V civilizations, human beings, an organism that type I civilizations have not reached, may still be created by them.

Type V civilizations can create new galaxies and new civilizations, and many people firmly believe that the evolution of humans has the participation of alien civilizations, otherwise, how can we explain that humans have mastered science in less than 300 years?

Physicist Michio Calais estimated the time required for humans to reach different levels of civilization based on Kardashev's hierarchy theory, combined with the degree of human energy demand.

In his opinion, the existing civilization level of human beings has reached 0.728, which is still a big step away from the real Type I civilization, and this big step may take 100 to 200 years.

The time it takes for humans to go from a Type I civilization to a Type II civilization, on the other hand, is about 1,000 to 2,000 years.

The time to reach Type III civilization will be longer, about 100,000 years.

Michio Calais believes that many reasons limit the soaring of human civilization, the most critical being energy.

The higher the civilization level, the greater the energy required According to the current energy generated by human beings, human beings cannot reach the minimum energy standard for Type I civilization - 16 times 10 watts.

What humans currently rely on for survival is mainly fossil energy, which evolved from ancient organisms in the earth's crust and is limited in quantity.

If mankind wants to reach a Type I civilization, relying on fossil energy alone is insufficient.

Most of the Earth's energy is under the Earth's crust, but there is a place where humans cannot reach it.

The day humans break through energy technology is the day human civilization's level starts to rise.

In addition to energy limiting humans, life expectancy is also the key to human civilization's inability to soar quickly.

There is no way to directly inherit knowledge but needs to be passed on. It takes a long time for a person to master science and technology from 0 to quantity, often taking up about a quarter of the time.

If there is an accident in the middle of the process, then there is also the danger of just disruption.

Some would say that knowledge can be presented in the form of a book so that it can be passed on from generation to generation.

Yet books are not everything, otherwise, why would there be a profession of teachers?

Human civilization is ultimately created by human beings, and talent is fundamental. If human beings overcome these two limitations, we may be able to touch the border of the gates of cosmic civilization.

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Bettye Lutz

Ascent must be inferior, self-esteem is too high can not achieve success, and therefore successful people must cultivate a calm mind, and focus on everything, which is the key to success. I like vocal music

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