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Theory 1: The Universe as an Abyssal Ocean Our universe may not be completely flat. Although we observe an apparently flat universe at 99.6% thanks to the cosmic microwave background, the perception of this flatness might simply be due to the scale at which we observe it. In reality, if the universe is so vast, it could be spherical or have multiple layers, much like a planet, with different atmospheres: a sky, an ocean, and a cosmic ground. This would partly explain why we haven’t yet encountered other forms of intelligent life: we live at the bottom of a cosmic ocean. In this hypothesis, the universe would be like an abyssal ocean, where we are like fish in an unfathomable sea. More advanced civilizations could reside on higher lands or closer to the cosmic surface, where conditions are more conducive to the emergence of more evolved life forms. This would make our chances of contact with them extremely low. We might be too deep, too isolated, to be noticed by intelligent civilizations that exist elsewhere in more accessible and stable regions of the universe. Moreover, if no extraterrestrial super-intelligence has come to visit us, it might be because we are not as unique as we think, compared to similar intelligences that are nearby but too underdeveloped to perceive each other. It’s like an ant wondering why it’s so quiet, while it can’t pick up the wifi. We are the same—super-intelligences might be continuously sending incomprehensible signals to us, and we might be irrelevant to them. The Importance of Our Location in the Universe: Imagine that our civilization is at the bottom of the abysses of a cosmic ocean. Like a fish in the ocean, we would be too far from other more advanced life forms, which would explain why no one comes to visit us. More evolved civilizations, like “cosmic humans,” might reside in more favorable regions of this ocean, where life is more stable and where conditions are better for the flourishing of intelligent life forms. Theory 2: The Cosmic Silence and Long-Distance Communications If space seems so silent, it could be explained by the fact that intelligent communications are not happening in our layer of the universe, but at a higher level, in a cosmic sky. In this scenario, we live on a sort of “flat” or spherical surface of the universe. However, the true intelligent civilizations and long-distance communications occur in higher regions of the universe, at a level inaccessible to us with our current instruments. These civilizations might exchange information in a space above our cosmic layer, where signals are clearer and more efficient. Imagine this as an invisible sky, a dimension that remains undetectable by our current means. This could explain the cosmic silence: we don’t pick up the higher communications because they take place in layers that are far above the surface we are looking at. 1. The Universe as an Abyssal Ocean The observable universe is nearly flat at 99.6%, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have curvature at a larger scale. If we imagine our universe as an abyssal ocean, it could explain the silence and darkness of space. Planets and solar systems would be like floating bubbles in this cosmic ocean. Beyond these bubbles, there would be nothing but the void, space without gravity, almost like an endless and unfathomable sea. Civilizations in this ocean would evolve but in isolation, never encountering each other. Superior intelligences would be found in regions closer to the “surface” of this ocean, in more accessible layers of the universe. They probably wouldn’t even notice us because they would be too far from us, in more advanced and stable zones. 2. The Universe with a Superior Sky Another possibility is that extraterrestrial communications don’t happen in our visible layer of the universe, but in higher regions where exchanges are easier. Our observable environment would only be a facade, a sort of “flat” or spherical plane. The true cosmic sky, where intelligent exchanges of information occur, might exist in dimensions higher than what we can perceive. The exchanges of signals from intelligent civilizations would therefore take place in this “superior sky,” where they could communicate with each other without being limited by the constraints of our space-time. It’s like a 2D character trying to understand a form of life different or superior to its own, while the other life is in 3D—a different model than their own. We wouldn’t be able to detect these life forms because they exist in a domain that escapes us.