I don't think Seti look for intelligent life because they want to have a conversation. They are searching because finding evidence of intelligent life out there

I don't think Seti look for intelligent life because they want to have a conversation. They are searching because finding evidence of intelligent life out there would be a very important discovery. Perhaps one of the most important discoveries we could ever make. Are we alone in the universe? It seems like we should not be, but we have a sample size of 1 so far. It's a big big big question.