THE TRANSCENSION HYPOTHESIS

The transcension hypothesis proposes that a universal process of evolutionary development guides all sufficiently advanced civilizations into what may be called inner space, a computationally optimal domain of increasingly dense, productive, miniaturized and efficient scale of space, time, energy and matter and eventually to a black-hole-like destination. Transcension as a developmental destiny might also contribute to the solution concerning the Fermi Paradox, the question of why we have not seen evidence of or received beacons from intelligent civilizations. As for the reason why, we introduce arguments that black holes may be a specific destiny and standard attractor for all higher intelligence, as they appear to some to be ideal computing, learning, forward time travel, energy harvesting, civilization merger, natural selection and universe replication devises. With the transcension hypothesis, simpler civilizations that succeed in resisting transcension by staying in outer (normal) space would be developmental failures, which are statistically very rare late in the life cycle of any biological developing system. Sufficiently advanced civilizations invariably leave our universe. To summarize, the transcension hypothesis represents how theses advanced civilizations within the universe learn to control space, time, energy and matter at increasingly small scales and high densities. Super intelligent civilizations migrate to these inner spaces and eventually to black holes which are ultimately high density, high performance substrates for a higher level of intelligent life.