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hmmm random thoughts Send a noteboard - 30/09/2011 07:51:42 PM
If there is a small window when a society is advanced enough to produce radio and primitive enough to still need then the odds of us looking at that planet during that brief window is slim. So maybe there is some next step we have yet to reach before the galactic community deems other worthy of conversation. Maybe something faster than light.

So either no one is out there or they are only interested in talking to races that have made it the step beyond radio transmission. If technology is common I highly doubt that everyone decided to be silent except for us.
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An interesting thought I had that may be worth discussion. - 29/09/2011 07:22:01 PM 743 Views
Well, Fermi Paradox discussions usually end with ???? - 29/09/2011 07:51:59 PM 422 Views
you do have to hope there's intelligent life somewhere out there - 29/09/2011 07:56:48 PM 478 Views
I definitely agree with the first part. - 29/09/2011 08:32:33 PM 573 Views
why do you think only those options would be available? - 29/09/2011 08:35:53 PM 425 Views
Could be cultural domination. - 29/09/2011 09:32:18 PM 441 Views
*shrug* Humans aren't that bad - 29/09/2011 09:51:32 PM 412 Views
Oh yes we are. - 29/09/2011 10:27:52 PM 433 Views
Unless their advancement is so great they are VERY ethically enlightened, her fears seem valid. - 30/09/2011 03:04:40 AM 488 Views
hmmm - 30/09/2011 02:34:47 PM 421 Views
"And hey. I'll eat most anything once." - 30/09/2011 07:22:01 PM 401 Views
I think I've met a few aliens... - 30/09/2011 01:31:55 AM 431 Views
Why do fossil fuels have to be involved? - 29/09/2011 08:33:26 PM 405 Views
Going into the fossil fuel vs wood thing - 29/09/2011 08:51:07 PM 500 Views
The big issue is energy density, IMHO. - 30/09/2011 02:53:39 AM 510 Views
That's so perfect. - 30/09/2011 06:43:31 AM 452 Views
We really have no idea how rare advance technologies societies are - 30/09/2011 02:00:56 PM 551 Views
That's a really good point. - 30/09/2011 04:34:28 PM 464 Views
The doomsdays options don't really hold up well though - 30/09/2011 05:22:57 PM 477 Views
I think we have different interpretations of "silence" - 30/09/2011 07:47:32 PM 579 Views
It kind of comes down to whether FTL is possible - 30/09/2011 09:12:32 PM 544 Views
hmmm - 30/09/2011 07:51:42 PM 336 Views
Yeah but that's just a variant of "Highly advanced aliens who for some reason are totally stupid" - 30/09/2011 10:21:34 PM 557 Views
I didn't mean to imply that were not talking to us because they looked down on us - 01/10/2011 01:07:02 AM 502 Views
Re: I didn't mean to imply that were not talking to us because they looked down on us - 01/10/2011 02:50:42 AM 499 Views
thanks for the detailed answer - 01/10/2011 03:08:48 PM 488 Views
No prob, hopefully it's not all inaccurate nonsense - 01/10/2011 03:18:05 PM 526 Views
not to mention that the universe is HUGE - 30/09/2011 07:53:33 PM 413 Views
True - 30/09/2011 10:37:58 PM 377 Views
of course I can't say, that was my point - 30/09/2011 07:42:55 PM 427 Views
I was totally agreeing with you until I wasn't. - 30/09/2011 08:09:08 PM 560 Views
That's pessimistic, though. The "blaze of glory" is ongoing. - 01/10/2011 04:25:28 AM 406 Views
another thing for consideration - 01/10/2011 11:55:12 AM 411 Views

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