2 ms·
> the thought that there are events that are going on right now that we will never be able to detect because we arent listening gives me major FOMO. I can rela
by omegalulw 5y ago
> the thought that there are events that are going on right now that we will never be able to detect because we arent listening gives me major FOMO.
I can relate to the sentiment but keep in mind that human timescales are downright puny compared to cosmological timescales. And there's lots of stuff going on all the time (lots is an understatement) so I would say you won't lose much turning off the detector for a year.
- netcraft 5y agoI totally understand this from a rational standpoint, but if you take that to its logical conclusion, you expect that nothing will happen in that year that is very interesting or rare, so why look at all? Sure, our timescales are nothing, making what we have even more valuable, no? We've missed out on a whole lot of observations - we have a lot of catching up to do!