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That's the number we can detect. Either intelligent life is extraordinarily rare, and we're the only local example, or it's fairly common and we just haven't de
by DougWebb 10y ago
That's the number we can detect. Either intelligent life is extraordinarily rare, and we're the only local example, or it's fairly common and we just haven't detected it yet. I'd be much more surprised if we only discovered a single intelligent neighbor than if we discover a few hundred of them.
- M_Grey 10y agoOr it's common, but it doesn't last once it starts developing the technology required to broadcast its presence, so we're all separated by time. We certainly don't appear likely to last very long, as a broadcasting species.