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Vinnie From Indy

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11. There are many that believe we are much better off NOT revealing our presence in the cosmos.

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Wed Mar 24, 2021, 05:33 PM

Mar 2021

Some speculate that sterilizing our blue dot would be the choice of an extraterrestrial civilization.

It's a bummer I know, but we should think long and hard about it.

Stephen Hawking has said that contacting other worlds could be a lethal mistake.

It could very well be that the Fermi Paradox is really just intelligent life not making itself known on purpose.

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Gravitational Lenses Could Allow a Galaxy-Wide Internet [View all] soothsayer Mar 2021 OP

I would not call either lasers or radio a good choices for interstellar communication. cstanleytech Mar 2021 #1

As Mr. Spock might say, "Fascinating" PJMcK Mar 2021 #2

Time to discover subspace! GPV Mar 2021 #8

Emails from the galaxy... keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #3

Your windows computer has a virus. ret5hd Mar 2021 #6

Unfortunately there is still no solution for the latency of signal send time vs. receipt time kysrsoze Mar 2021 #4

I'll be interested when I can send a picture of my cat to the Magellanic clouds. n/t. NNadir Mar 2021 #5

Good idea if you're only interested in old news. LastDemocratInSC Mar 2021 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers Mar 2021 #9

Is your star old and bloated? qazplm135 Mar 2021 #10

There are many that believe we are much better off NOT revealing our presence in the cosmos. Vinnie From Indy Mar 2021 #11

But other civilizations might *enjoy* the dial-up speed LOL cats soothsayer Mar 2021 #12

... TexasTowelie Mar 2021 #14

... TexasTowelie Mar 2021 #13

That checks out soothsayer Mar 2021 #15

Good signal but the latency sucks. BadgerKid Mar 2021 #16