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We should stay quiet; there's no need to inflict humanity's problems and memes on the poor aliens.
by labster 7y ago
We should stay quiet; there's no need to inflict humanity's problems and memes on the poor aliens.
- gambiting 7y agoIn a way, we already do. We've been broadcasting literally everything into space since the first radio was discovered. If there are intelligent aliens about 100 light years away from us they will be able to trace our entire story of development as a technological civilization by just listening to our radio.
- vardump 7y agoThen they must be significantly more advanced. We couldn't detect ourselves from 100 ly away.
- todd8 7y agoAbout now, stars over 60 light-years away are receiving our I Love Lucy episodes. I wonder what they make of [1]. Will they have a sense of humor, or will they thinks it's some kind of documentary? [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NPzLBSBzPI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NPzLBSBzPI
- wl 7y agoOur broadcast signals are well below the noise floor at those distances. Carl Sagan didn't think this through.