Draft:Founder Hypothesis

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  • Comment: Earlier issues have not been addressed: this hypothesis is still the idea of a single man (Robin Wellman, in his book Rewiring the Human Brain) and no evidence has been presented that anyone else has taken significant note of this hypothesis. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:13, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: The "founder hypothesis" is expounded in a single work by a single author. While there is a "Criticism" section, it is unsourced, leading to the conclusion that no other researcher has taken notice of this hypothesis sufficiently to offer a critique. Note: there is, in biological research, a concept know as the "founder hypothesis" but this refers to the characteristics of species that first occupy a new ecological niche in the environment. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 19:41, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Founder Hypothesis[edit]

The Founder Hypothesis states that there is a highly developed extraterrestrial civilization in our galaxy, several million years old, which strategically colonizes Earth-like planets with the aim of creating intelligent life there. The members of this civilization, the so-called "Founders", no longer exist as biological life forms, but have uploaded their minds to computers, enabling them to live indefinitely. These computers are installed untraceably beneath the surface of the planets.

One of the colonized planets is Earth. The Founders have directed human evolution within the limits of their technological capabilities. Among their technological capabilities is the recording and altering of electromagnetic signals in the brains of animals and humans living anywhere on Earth's surface. The Founders are currently in the process of ensuring that humanity cannot pose a threat to other advanced civilizations in the future.

Scientific basis[edit]

The scientific basis of the Founder Hypothesis is discussed in the book "Rewiring the Human Brain: How Extra-terrestrials Shape Humanity".[1]. The presumed strategic goals of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations have yielded numerous testable predictions, which have been confirmed and which allow no other explanation than the use of advanced extraterrestrial technology. These predictions include

History[edit]

The Founder Hypothesis is a relatively new hypothesis developed in the above-mentioned book. On the surface, it has similarities to the reptilian conspiracy theory and also to the ancient astronauts theory. Therefore, it is worth spending time to see why the related theories are considered pseudoscience.

The ancient astronauts theory holds that extraterrestrials visited Earth and contacted humans in prehistoric times. They helped them with their advanced technology to buid monuments such as the Egyptian pyramids. The theory became popular at the end of the 1960s due to the success of Erich von Däniken's work. Among scientists, the consensus is that the ancient astronaut hypothesis is not impossible, but unjustified and unnecessary. The "mysteries" cited as evidence for the hypothesis can be explained without having to invoke ancient astronauts. [7] In contrast, the above-mentioned evidence supporting the Founder Hypothesis cannot easily be explained in any other way.

The Reptilian conspiracy theory is based on Robert E. Howard's fictional book "The Shadow Kingdom", published in 1929. Howard's "serpent men" are described as a species with human bodies and snake heads that lives in underground passages. The sepent men use their shape-shifting and mind-control abilities to infiltrate humanity and gain world domination. However, the probability that an intelligent species with shape-shifting abilities lives undetected in underground passages is negligible. Therefore, this theory has probably never been taken seriously among scientists. Nevertheless, the Reptilian theory was listed among the 10 most popular conspiracy theories of all times.[8]

Historically, the Founder Hypothesis is not based on these theories, but arose from the study of the strategic goals of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations. It, therefore, does not make any of the unnacessary claims for which the ancient astronauts theory and the reptilian conspiracy theory are famous.

Criticism[edit]

Arguments against the Founder Hypothesis arise from the following considerations:

  • Evidence in favor of a theory should not only have been statistically significant in the past, but should be reproducible in future experiments.[9] This might be not the case here because it can be assumed that the Founder civilization is constantly developing its methods for intervening in human thought processes. Consequently, many of their interventions on Earth were only detectable in certain periods of human history.
  • Any theory should be compatible with our knowledge of the fundamentals of physics.[10] The postulated technological possibilities of the Founders go beyond what can be deduced from the Standard Model of particle physics and the general theory of relativity. However, it is known that there exists physics beyond the Standard Model. Neither the Standard Model of particle physics nor the general theory of relativity reveal all the possibilities that would be available to a civilization that has discovered the Theory of Everything.[11]
  • An advanced civilization with the postulated capabilities would be godlike. However, a theory that assumes the existence of god-like beings is seen by some authors as unscientific.[12]

Implications[edit]

If the Founder Hypothesis is correct, then there are numerous implications, such as:

  • The future of humanity is not determined by humans alone.
  • The Fermi Paradox does not exist. The Fermi Paradox denotes the incompatibility of a high probability of the existence of an interstellar extraterrestrial civilization that has colonized Earth with the fact that science has not yet found sufficient evidence for it.[13] The prior probability of the existence of such a civilization can be calculated from the Drake equation. While early analyses of this equation came up with high probabilities, a recent analysis provided a prior probability of only about 50%.[14]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b R. Wellmann: Rewiring the Human Brain: How Extra-terrestrials Shape Humanity. Austin Macauley Publishers, 2023, ISBN: 9781398484061
  2. ^ W. Giroldini und L. Pederzoli: Brain-to-brain interaction at a distance based on EEG analysis. In: Journal of Consciousness Exploration and Research. No. 9 (6), 2018, p. 501–513.
  3. ^ L. Storm, P. E. Tressoldi, and L. D. Risio: Meta-analysis of free-response studies, 1992-2008: Assessing the noise-reduction model in parapsychology. In: Psychological Bulletin, No. 136, 2010, p. 471-485
  4. ^ E. Cardeña: The experimental evidence for parapsychological phenomena: A review. In: The American Psychologist. No. 73 (5), 2018, p. 663-677
  5. ^ Scientific Coalition of Ufology: Aguadilla Puerto Rico: The detailed analysis of an Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon captured by the Department of Homeland Security. 2015
  6. ^ H. Cooper, L. Kean, and B. Blumenthal: 2 Navy airmen and an object that 'accelerated like nothing I have ever seen'. New York Times, December 16, 2017
  7. ^ T. Hines, Pseudoscience and the Paranormal. Prometheus Books, 2003. p. 304
  8. ^ J. E. Uscinski, and J. M. Parent. American conspiracy theories. Oxford University Press, 2014
  9. ^ D. B. Resnik, A. E. Shamoo (2017) Reproducibility and Research Integrity, In: Accountability in Research, 2017, 24 (2), p. 116-123
  10. ^ M. Pigliucci and M. Boudry (2013). Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. p. 158. hdl:1854/LU-3161824. ISBN 978-0226051963 "Many observers refer to the field as a 'pseudoscience'. When mainstream scientists say that the field of parapsychology is not scientific, they mean that no satisfying naturalistic cause-and-effect explanation for these supposed effects has yet been proposed and that the field's experiments cannot be consistently replicated."
  11. ^ J. Womersley (February 2005) "Beyond the Standard Model" (PDF). Symmetry Magazine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-17.
  12. ^ M. Mahner, Science, Religion, and Naturalism: Metaphysical and Methodological Incompatibilities In: International Handbook of Research in History, Philosophy and Science Teaching, 2013, p. 1793–1835
  13. ^ E. M. Jones: Where is everybody. An account of Fermi’s question. Technical Report, US Department of Energy, 1985, osti.gov (PDF) accessed 12. Oktober 2013
  14. ^ A. Sandberg, E. Drexler, T. Ord (2018) Dissolving the Fermi Paradox, https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.02404

Further Reading[edit]

Robin Wellmann: Rewiring the Human Brain - How Extra-terrestrials Shape Humanity. Austin Macauley Publishers, 2023, ISBN:97813984840614

External links[edit]

Page about the Founder Hypothesis

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