[meteorite-list] OT: Listening To Fermi

From: Becky and Kirk <bandk_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:38:21 -0500
Message-ID: <7BBB24F5E71249939B8C17CF2DA37F61_at_owner55652f88b>

A very good point!!

Kirk....
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Listening To Fermi


>I think there is life out there somewhere, but I doubt they are
> broadcasting their presence using primitive technologies like radio or
> anything else we would recognize. This is not unlike aliens trying to
> detect us by looking for our carrier pigeons.
>
>
>
>
> On 9/16/10, JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> Interesting point Eric. My question is: how many years of complete and
>> total
>> silence would it take to reach the conclusion there's just nobody out
>> there?
>> 1,000? 10,000? a million years? a billion? a googlezillion? You could
>> listen
>> for eternity, hear nothing and say, well we just need a little more time.
>> I
>> don't buy the argument of time scale. If there are aliens out there
>> transmitting at anywhere near the rate of Earth's output, surely in 50
>> years
>> we would have heard one little bit of Morse Code by now.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------
>> Phil Whitmer
>>
>>
>>
>> I might agree with that sentiment if there were enough information to
>> support it. However, I've got an interesting question about perspective
>> and time.
>>
>> If a child looked out the window of a house for a mere 32/1000th of a
>> second and formed a conclusion that horses do not exist, would you say
>> he's correct?
>>
>> Eric
>>
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