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View SchemaKolmogorov Complexity, String Information, Panspermia and the Fermi Paradox
| Authors | V. G. Gurzadyan |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0508010 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508010 |
| Journal | Observatory 125 (2005) 352-355 |
Abstract
Bit strings rather than byte files can be a mode of transmission both for intelligent signals and for travels of extraterrestrial life. Kolmogorov complexity, i.e. the minimal length of a binary coded string completely defining a system, can then, due to its universality, become a key concept in the strategy of the search of extraterrestrials. Evaluating, for illustration, the Kolmogorov complexity of the human genome, one comes to an unexpected conclusion that a low complexity compressed string - analog of Noah's ark - will enable the recovery of the totality of terrestrial life. The recognition of bit strings of various complexity up to incompressible Martin-L\"{o}f random sequences, will require a different strategy for the analysis of the cosmic signals. The Fermi paradox "Where is Everybody?" can be viewed under in the light of such information panspermia, i.e. a Universe full of traveling life streams.
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