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True Isaac Send a noteboard - 30/09/2011 10:37:58 PM
it'd be like dotting a handful of different, non-flying insects in say a cathedral, not just on the floor but all over the place, and expecting them to all meet slap bang in the middle at the same time.


Hypothetically, that sort of thing could happen simply from there being something that lured them there. In this sort of context, a big old Dyson Swarm that used all it's juice to transmit the values for Pi, along with lesser signals for "Howdy..." type messages.

it'll probably take us another 400,000 or more years to be able to get out of the milky way alone.


That's a pretty probable value barring massive changes in our understanding of physics But 400,000 years, if the history of our world is just one day, is around ten seconds of that day.
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An interesting thought I had that may be worth discussion. Macharius - 29/09/2011 07:22:01 PM 900 Views
Well, Fermi Paradox discussions usually end with ???? Isaac - 29/09/2011 07:51:59 PM 576 Views
you do have to hope there's intelligent life somewhere out there Yunalesca - 29/09/2011 07:56:48 PM 621 Views
I definitely agree with the first part. Vivien - 29/09/2011 08:32:33 PM 733 Views
why do you think only those options would be available? LadyLorraine - 29/09/2011 08:35:53 PM 580 Views
Well just look at the history of Earth. And the cultural/advancement disparity would be FAR greater. *NM* Aeryn - 29/09/2011 08:58:52 PM 220 Views
Could be cultural domination. Vivien - 29/09/2011 09:32:18 PM 599 Views
*shrug* Humans aren't that bad LadyLorraine - 29/09/2011 09:51:32 PM 532 Views
Oh yes we are. Vivien - 29/09/2011 10:27:52 PM 586 Views
In one particular space opera, it's a mix and probably the best situation possible for humans. Vivien - 29/09/2011 10:21:42 PM 744 Views
Unless their advancement is so great they are VERY ethically enlightened, her fears seem valid. Joel - 30/09/2011 03:04:40 AM 647 Views
hmmm Yunalesca - 30/09/2011 02:34:47 PM 573 Views
"And hey. I'll eat most anything once." Joel - 30/09/2011 07:22:01 PM 556 Views
I think I've met a few aliens... everynametaken - 30/09/2011 01:31:55 AM 584 Views
Those know it all holier than thou all powerful vegan aliens are SO annoying. Vivien - 30/09/2011 06:40:30 AM 572 Views
Why do fossil fuels have to be involved? LadyLorraine - 29/09/2011 08:33:26 PM 563 Views
Going into the fossil fuel vs wood thing Isaac - 29/09/2011 08:51:07 PM 647 Views
The big issue is energy density, IMHO. Joel - 30/09/2011 02:53:39 AM 695 Views
That's so perfect. Vivien - 30/09/2011 06:43:31 AM 607 Views
I still agree with the view they are unlikley to intentionally punish us. Joel - 30/09/2011 09:35:13 AM 589 Views
We really have no idea how rare advance technologies societies are random thoughts - 30/09/2011 02:00:56 PM 718 Views
That's a really good point. Vivien - 30/09/2011 04:34:28 PM 622 Views
The doomsdays options don't really hold up well though Isaac - 30/09/2011 05:22:57 PM 626 Views
I think we have different interpretations of "silence" Vivien - 30/09/2011 07:47:32 PM 767 Views
It kind of comes down to whether FTL is possible Isaac - 30/09/2011 09:12:32 PM 702 Views
hmmm random thoughts - 30/09/2011 07:51:42 PM 486 Views
Yeah but that's just a variant of "Highly advanced aliens who for some reason are totally stupid" Isaac - 30/09/2011 10:21:34 PM 719 Views
I didn't mean to imply that were not talking to us because they looked down on us random thoughts - 01/10/2011 01:07:02 AM 644 Views
Re: I didn't mean to imply that were not talking to us because they looked down on us Isaac - 01/10/2011 02:50:42 AM 720 Views
thanks for the detailed answer random thoughts - 01/10/2011 03:08:48 PM 631 Views
No prob, hopefully it's not all inaccurate nonsense Isaac - 01/10/2011 03:18:05 PM 677 Views
not to mention that the universe is HUGE Yunalesca - 30/09/2011 07:53:33 PM 530 Views
True Isaac - 30/09/2011 10:37:58 PM 542 Views
of course I can't say, that was my point random thoughts - 30/09/2011 07:42:55 PM 577 Views
I was totally agreeing with you until I wasn't. Vivien - 30/09/2011 08:09:08 PM 714 Views
That's pessimistic, though. The "blaze of glory" is ongoing. Ghavrel - 01/10/2011 04:25:28 AM 560 Views
Re: If life formed, why might there not be fossil fuels equivalent to, or greater than, our own? *NM* Gaps - 01/10/2011 03:16:23 AM 293 Views
another thing for consideration Yunalesca - 01/10/2011 11:55:12 AM 569 Views
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