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"Located in the right part of the sky" ... even one degree of horizon represents a huge area and the researcher admits that there are other targets in the area.
by smoyer 6y ago
"Located in the right part of the sky" ... even one degree of horizon represents a huge area and the researcher admits that there are other targets in the area. I'd argue that the premise that the signal comes from an earth-like planet isn't even scientifically valid. Who says other life-forms are most likely to form on in an earth-like environment? Isn't that currently a sample size of one? Does life need a planet to exist? What if the signal came from an alien interstellar space-craft?
The only way to provide further analysis for this signal is to find it again.
- carlmr 6y agoI think there may be a probabilistic argument for some of these points. While a sample size of one is not much, it's more than none. We know we have life on our planet, so we know it's possible in an earth like environment. So the only evidence we have points to earth like planets being more likely. The interstellar space craft is of course possible, but since we don't have any ourselves, but we have radio for a while now, it seems more likely that the signal originated from a planet, since the interstellar space craft is much more complex technology for which we don't have evidence yet.