The Ontological Isolation Hypothesis: A Structural Interpretation of the Fermi Paradox

This paper proposes a theoretical framework to address the Fermi Paradox, termed the Ontological Isolation Hypothesis. Through a biological analogy, it posits that
advanced civilizations exist as coherent and isolated entities—analogous to biologicalorganisms—whose constituent individuals lack the inherent capacity to perceive or interact with entities from other "civilizational organisms." The model suggests that the apparent cosmic silence is not the result of the absence of other civilizations or their hostility, but of a fundamental limitation in the scale of interstellar perception and communication. This perspective offers an optimistic interpretation of the paradox, reframing the issue from a scarcity of life to the nature of its manifestation on a grand scale.