Anthropocene (A human theory): Probably not the reason we have yet to find intelligent Alien life.

(Spiral Galaxy: NGC 5033, 40 million light-years away in the constellation of Canes.  An ancient Galaxy that would contain over three hundred billion stars)

Are we becoming overly desperate in our search for Extraterrestrial Intelligent life?  To a point that it maybe clouding judgment and reinstating fears of our isolation in the Cosmos?  We are, as human beings, intrinsically self centered into a perspective that completely evolves around the idea that we exist as a template to what other civilizations may have started out as, hence the term Anthropocene.  As we move into a period of human existence where we, as intelligent lifeforms, begin to alter the planet's environment.  Changing it, to what could lead to dire consequence – as humanity may render the Earth inhabitable for human life.  To the belief that our impact on natural environments may have irreversibly occurred, Aliens have done the same, elsewhere in the Universe.  Thus is the theory behind Astrobiology,  a relatively new field of planetary science which studies the exo-civilizations who may have reached a certain point in their technological and biological evolution, to which, after many hundreds of thousands (or millions) of years, have died out.  A pessimistic and narrow approach in trying to address the issues that humanity faces here – on this pale blue dot.  And what we need to deal with here on Earth, should probably not be correlated to advanced Alien civilizations.  Or the lack of discovery of intelligent life within the cosmos.   So therefor I am skeptical that the Anthropocene theory as a reason to why we have not discovered other life within the our Galaxy, which in turn extends this negative viewpoint to the millions of other Galaxies within a vast and infinite Universe.  As the late and great Carl Sagan once said "The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent."  In other words, the Universe itself could be the ultimate destroyer of life.  Maybe, we should in a simple way realize our absolute insignificance to the cosmos, whilst at the same time appreciating  our significance.   As this will make climate change, nuclear war and other issues facing humanity all so more important to challenge and overcome.  No need to presume that our follies of existence have occurred elsewhere in the Universe.  It would be by definition, assuming that life, particularly intelligent lifeforms as self destructive.   That thought alone is counter intuitive.

Adrian Glass
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Adrian Glass is an author, artist and freelance writer with his new book THE PRAXIS CONTINUUM available on Amazon book