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> the lack of signs of intelligent civilization in the stars And what would such sings look like? The only conceivable sign that we could observe with our curr
by credit_guy 6y ago
> the lack of signs of intelligent civilization in the stars
And what would such sings look like? The only conceivable sign that we could observe with our current technology is Dyson spheres. It's however entirely reasonable that intelligent civilizations can advance to quite highly technological levels and not develop Dyson spheres.
If a civilization like ours were to inhabit the nearest star system, Proxima Centauri, and zip happily in rockets from one planet to another (of which there are at least 2 confirmed), and beam radio messages back and forth among themselves, would we be able to tell?
- guerrilla 6y agoNot to mention that there may be alternatives to Dyson swarms that anyone capable of building one learns about on the way to gaining that capability. I'll start listening to people telling me about missing signs after we have a unified theory of physics that includes an interpretation of QM, quantum gravity with proper explanations for galactic rotation and inflation among other things.