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This is about as legit of ETI search as there can be (real data, experimental design, and publication). Nice to have some sanity in the search (albeit, their en
by rubidium 10y ago
This is about as legit of ETI search as there can be (real data, experimental design, and publication). Nice to have some sanity in the search (albeit, their enthusiasm is clear).
At best they find ETI, at worst they discover some strange chemical compositions of galatic halo stars.
- YeGoblynQueenne 10y ago>> At best they find ETI "At best"? Consider for a moment that if we ourselves ever get to advance our technological civlisation to the point where we are capable of interestellar travel we're very likely to start sending out signals to other civilisations on planets around stars that could support human life not to make friends with those civs but to make it easier for us to find and colonise those planets. "Colonise" as in take over, exterminate their native species and live happily ever after. As any intelligent species with an ounce of brain is bound to do to other intelligent species dumb enough to respond to such a signal. Luckily, this is most probably just some weird star phenomenon and we're all safe, for now.
- imjustsaying 10y agoBut how can such a baiting civilization know that it's more powerful than the baited civilization, and that it itself is not falling into a trap?