Looking back at our society carefully, our Chinese civilization has developed from the Paleolithic Age, a primitive society, to the current state.
From the first drilling wood for fire to the current airplanes, tanks and artificial intelligence, it has now reached a level that was unimaginable thousands of years ago. Especially in the past two hundred years, the scientific and technological achievements have surpassed the sum of thousands of years ago.
So since you have said this, do you have a question? Scientists once divided the hierarchy of the universe into seven levels, how long will it take for us humans to reach the highest level of civilization?
Life is less than a hundred years. With the traces of history, we can look back to the past, but can people who live in our generation get to witness the high-tech experience of life with their own eyes?
Hello everyone, today we are going to talk about how powerful the advanced civilization of the universe is. Take you to know a future universe that our generation will not see.
According to relevant information,From 1800 to 2015, the total population of the planet has increased more than sevenfold. At the same time, the total concomitant human energy consumption is 25 times higher than before.
Therefore, it can be seen from these data that while human beings are advancing in science and technology, it is more critical to be accompanied by energy consumption.
So what? In 1964, the Soviet astronomer Kardashov proposed to divide the level of civilization in the universe into three levels according to energy use.
A Level 1 civilization can use the energy of the home planet in which it is located, a Level 2 civilization can use the energy of the star in which it is located, and a ** civilization can use the entire energy system of the galaxy in which it is located.
Later, scientists divided Kardashov's hierarchy of cosmic civilizations. Further broken down into seven scales, this is what we all mentioned earlier about the Kardashov index.
So the question is, how much leap will there be between starting from a zero-level or first-level civilization to a seventh-level civilization? How powerful is a seventh-level civilization?
Is it true that as some scientists say, reaching the seventh level of civilization can create a universe at will? Are we virtual humans created by a seventh-level civilization?
First of all, let's look at the current level of science and technology of our human beings. In the eyes of higher civilizations, perhaps we are just living in self-righteous high technology.
Humans between Tier 0 and Tier 1 civilizations can use natural resources for energy, such as trees, oil, and more.
So far, our life and technological development have been mainly fueled by these natural resources**. Born in 1934, the American astronomer Carl Sagan used the Kardashoff index and related formulas to calculate that in 1973, the level of human civilization was 07 or so.
And it is estimated that in 2012, the civilization level of human beings reached 0724 or so. Because in that year, the total amount of human energy consumption in the world had just reached 553 exajoules.
Japanese theoretical physicist Michio Kato estimates that it will take about 100 to 200 years for mankind to reach the level of science and technology of a first-class civilization.
Are you a little surprised to hear this? We thought that today's society was developed enough, but we didn't expect that human beings were just starting out in the hierarchy divided by scientists.
According to the Kardashov index, if human beings want to develop rapidly to a first-class civilization in 100 years. It is almost impossible to achieve this with the earth's original non-renewable energy sources alone.
Only by mastering such efficient clean energy as controlled nuclear fusion can we truly achieve a leap forward in human civilization.
Kardashov's so-called first-class civilization is the planetary civilization. At that time, human beings no longer used non-renewable natural energy sources such as coal, oil, natural gas, etc.
Instead, it uses cleaner and more efficient energy sources such as wind, water and sunlight from the planets in which it is located.
And human beings with a first-level civilization can also effectively avoid all disasters on the earth, and natural disasters such as tsunamis are not eroding human beings, but can effectively use the huge energy they produce into life.
And it can also control the natural climate through its own scientific and technological means, so as to avoid global warming. Every place on the planet can be used effectively. Therefore, there will be no what we now call inaccessible no man's land and the depths of the seabed.
The second-level civilization is the stellar civilization. Humans at this stage of civilization can make Dyson spheres to wrap around stars. The Dyson sphere was first coined in 1960 by Albert Einstein's deputy assistant. According to Freeman Dyson, he believes that if you want to build a Dyson sphere around a star that can wrap the star, this structure must be at least 200 million kilometers away.
A series of nuclear fusion reactions are carried out using the star's natural power source, and then the surrounding star energy is exploited. Of course, according to the current scientific understanding of mankind, from the perspective of mechanics, this goal is almost impossible to achieve. So it's just a hypothetical theory. The Dyson sphere is an effective way to receive and use the energy released by the star.
During this period, humans were able to colonize any planet or moon in their star system. And it can also accurately determine the probability of an asteroid hitting any planet. Thus effectively avoiding the risk of the Earth being impacted. At this time, there is basically no risk for human beings on Earth in the solar system.
And the only thing that can pose a threat to humanity is a higher civilization from the far reaches of the universe. Level 2 civilizations can easily travel to other star systems.
Because at this time, a high-tech superluminal flying object had already been developed. For example, the birth of the warp engine.
And some of the sci-fi movies we see now have probably just reached this level.
Civilization is galactic civilization. Humans at this stage can effectively use and exploit all the energy of the galaxy in which they are located. Faster-than-light vehicles used in Level 2 civilizations, such as wormhole space tunnels and warp engines, are also the most basic technological means.
Humans can even navigate galaxies hundreds of thousands of light-years or even tens of millions of light-years away in a short period of time. ** Since civilization was proposed, it has been opposed by many scientists, because the level of human science and technology at this stage is contrary to the theory of relativity proposed by Einstein. Their technological means are even beyond human understanding.
Because if we analyze it according to this level of civilization, all of Newton's theories may be completely wrong in this period, or 1+1 in the laws of mathematics will never be equal to two again. As a result of entering a higher level of civilization, human beings in this period often struggle with hostile forces due to the shortage of scarce resources.
If we want to have a place in the universe, human beings at this stage must unite and develop together towards a common goal in order to continue to maintain the civilization at this moment. After Kardashov proposed these three civilization levels, scientists expanded the Kardashov index by four levels, each increasing the civilization level. It will completely subvert human cognition and imagination. Every level of civilization is a god-like being.
Scientists believe thatReaching the fourth level of civilization is the true cosmic civilization. Humans at this stage can effectively identify and utilize 70% to 80% of the energy in the universe. It is even possible to develop an energy system in the entire universe.
The warp engines and faster-than-light vehicles used in the second-level civilization and the first-class civilization are similar to the comparison between the current 2G network and the 5G network. At this moment, humans can develop flying machines that far exceed the speed of warp engines.
The implication is that human beings can travel between the universe almost without wasting time, and achieve the effect of instantaneous travel. And what kind of means do they use to control the energy system of the entire universe?
It is still unimaginable to humans at present. It should be emphasized here that the fourth-level civilization is still a civilization in the current universe. It doesn't touch on the theory of parallel universes that we talked about earlier.
And if human beings can break the barriers between universes and travel to another universe. You can enter the realm of a fifth-level civilization.
In the first four levels of civilization, the limitations of the universe limited the laws of development of physics. Entering the fifth-level civilization week, human beings can transform in a multi-dimensional space and realize arbitrary travel between parallel universes.
And it can integrate the energy of the multiverse to effectively mine and utilize. Humans at this stage will no longer be engaged in intellectual research in any field. Objective truth will be engraved in the mind as a kind of common sense in every species since its birth.
All theories will be determined. Every species will truly step into the god-level realm. But unfortunately, there will still be war among humans at this level of civilization, which may be the only way to destroy the fifth-level civilization.
If you enter the sixth-level civilization, you will truly enter the god-level realm. Humans at this stage no longer communicate in ways that we currently humans can recognize. They merge all the languages into the same language, and optimize the same language again into a digital language. Finally, the digital language is transformed into the language of thought for communication. In this way, communication barriers caused by miscommunication can be avoided.
At this stage, technology can break the boundaries of space and convention, and realize the mutual transformation of energy and matter. Moreover, life in the universe will not exist as individuals. Rather, it exists in every corner of the planet as an ideology.
These ideologies can be arbitrarily traversed in parallel universes or multidimensional spaces. And it is possible to change the past or the future without being criticized and conflicted.
Let's think about it carefully, if we look at this level of civilization according to our current scientific understanding, is this a god-level civilization realm?
And if you enter the seventh level of civilization, you will be the creator of the civilizationNot only will he create the first six levels of civilization, but he will also be the creator of himself.
For example, the virtual world we proposed earlier. The life form of the seventh-level civilization, it can exist forever. He could easily create any of us if he wanted to. From species as small as Earth to all parallel universes.
And that's probably exactly what we have now. A virtual human or virtual world created by a lifeform in a seventh-level civilization. The above is the division of the seven civilization levels after the optimization of the Kardashov index.
Although it seems reasonable, there are also doubts that arise. The universe is so vast, and we humans know very little about it.
If we only rely on the degree of energy use to classify the universe, will it be somewhat one-sided? What if civilizations outside the planet don't use the same energy sources as us?
They may use high-energy astrophysics such as wormholes, dark matter, space-time tunnels, and so on. Or do they have some abilities that we humans have not been able to achieve so far?
These are all questions that need to be answered positively by scientists who propose the hierarchy of seven levels of civilization. Whether it is a hypothetical theory of scientists or a real existence, if a civilization wants to reach the top of the pyramid, there is nothing but immeasurable time.
One of the more important points is the unity of all mankind, moving towards a common goal, and reducing the struggle between them is the only shortcut for mankind to enter the advanced civilization.
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