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I didn't mean to imply that were not talking to us because they looked down on us random thoughts Send a noteboard - 01/10/2011 01:07:02 AM
And to be honest as I said in my first post the reason I don't think we are hearing anything is most likely because there is little to nothing out there to hear. Mostly I am just playing devil's advocate and killing time while some automated test run and I try to ignore the ass whipping the Rays are giving the Rangers.

What I was thinking of is there may be something better than RF for communications and we just don't have the science for it yet. No I have no idea what that might be but I think it is possible that if this fantasy tech exist and most advanced species would find with a couple of thousand years of using radio. If it really is better they might abandon radio transmission for this more affective method. if you stretch disbelieve even further and make the system FTL then it doesn't really even make sense to monitor for new species because unless they are very close (and you would assume you have sent out enough probes to close stars to have an idea about the close ones) then by the time the signal reaches you they would have already contacted you with the FTL system. Like I said mostly just mental masturbation to try and come with a scenario where there could be a relatively large number of advanced civilizations out there and us not be able to hear them.

One thing I was wondering about though. We keep hearing talk about how many stars there are out there but the way I understand it a large percentage of those stars are close to the core, much closer together than we are out here on the fringe. Since exploding stars are one of the things we do know will kill a planet if it is anywhere nearby and the one model we have shows 4 billions years as the time frame to develop intelligent life do you know if anyone has looked into the likelihood that a planet orbiting a star closer in would be removed from the running simply because of the increased likelihood that some hard radiation would rip its ozone off and fry everyone?
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An interesting thought I had that may be worth discussion. - 29/09/2011 07:22:01 PM 741 Views
Well, Fermi Paradox discussions usually end with ???? - 29/09/2011 07:51:59 PM 419 Views
you do have to hope there's intelligent life somewhere out there - 29/09/2011 07:56:48 PM 475 Views
I definitely agree with the first part. - 29/09/2011 08:32:33 PM 570 Views
why do you think only those options would be available? - 29/09/2011 08:35:53 PM 423 Views
Could be cultural domination. - 29/09/2011 09:32:18 PM 439 Views
*shrug* Humans aren't that bad - 29/09/2011 09:51:32 PM 410 Views
Oh yes we are. - 29/09/2011 10:27:52 PM 431 Views
Unless their advancement is so great they are VERY ethically enlightened, her fears seem valid. - 30/09/2011 03:04:40 AM 486 Views
hmmm - 30/09/2011 02:34:47 PM 416 Views
"And hey. I'll eat most anything once." - 30/09/2011 07:22:01 PM 397 Views
I think I've met a few aliens... - 30/09/2011 01:31:55 AM 429 Views
Why do fossil fuels have to be involved? - 29/09/2011 08:33:26 PM 401 Views
Going into the fossil fuel vs wood thing - 29/09/2011 08:51:07 PM 497 Views
The big issue is energy density, IMHO. - 30/09/2011 02:53:39 AM 508 Views
That's so perfect. - 30/09/2011 06:43:31 AM 447 Views
We really have no idea how rare advance technologies societies are - 30/09/2011 02:00:56 PM 547 Views
That's a really good point. - 30/09/2011 04:34:28 PM 460 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 577 Views
It kind of comes down to whether FTL is possible - 30/09/2011 09:12:32 PM 542 Views
hmmm - 30/09/2011 07:51:42 PM 334 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 556 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 497 Views
thanks for the detailed answer - 01/10/2011 03:08:48 PM 487 Views
No prob, hopefully it's not all inaccurate nonsense - 01/10/2011 03:18:05 PM 523 Views
not to mention that the universe is HUGE - 30/09/2011 07:53:33 PM 411 Views
True - 30/09/2011 10:37:58 PM 376 Views
of course I can't say, that was my point - 30/09/2011 07:42:55 PM 424 Views
I was totally agreeing with you until I wasn't. - 30/09/2011 08:09:08 PM 558 Views
That's pessimistic, though. The "blaze of glory" is ongoing. - 01/10/2011 04:25:28 AM 404 Views
another thing for consideration - 01/10/2011 11:55:12 AM 411 Views

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