tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post7384611180872148740..comments2023-10-22T05:51:58.898-04:00Comments on Soob: Galactic Signals Intelligence GatheringJay@Soobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-6337559641935140732008-06-23T10:30:00.000-04:002008-06-23T10:30:00.000-04:00Another explanation for the galactic radio silence...Another explanation for the galactic radio silence (by Stanislaw Lem many years ago) is the huge technological gap between us humans and the really advanced star-engineering level civilizations. What we consider a radio/TV signal may be a senseless noise for them - to be ignored.<BR/><BR/>There is a good side to this too: not being noticed also means not being swatted as a bothersome fly.<BR/><BR/>Be it as it may, the even more pessimistic treatment of the silence is the total lack of (relevant - technological) civilizations, which is surely even more depressing.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-79269569380611837232008-06-21T18:21:00.000-04:002008-06-21T18:21:00.000-04:00Interesting. Brin seems oddly pessimistic, I'd hav...Interesting. Brin seems oddly pessimistic, I'd have put him as a proponent of SETI. <BR/><BR/>Good points, however. For all we know the word Dorito maintains a phonetic exactness with some incredibly aggressive alien's own "we come to make war."Jay@Soobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-48660857527112405902008-06-21T09:20:00.000-04:002008-06-21T09:20:00.000-04:00For anyone who wants to read a good counter-argume...For anyone who wants to read a good counter-argument to my 'differences in electromagnetic power/antenna' position then have a look at this article via the wiki page on active seti: http://jre.cplire.ru/jre/may08/2/text_e.htmlGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10588546748297924666noreply@blogger.com