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Re: >H White-noise ETs
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John Clark wrote:
> Paul Hughes <paul@i2.to> Wrote:
>
> > 1)The ET's are too far away to be detected. Who says the edge of the 'visible'
> > universe is the edge of the universe itself? If inflationary theorists are right
> > then our visible universe is but a speck in the larger bubble.
>
> If ET exists beyond the observable universe I can still say he doesn't exist and
> be in no danger of being proven wrong. That's good enough for me.
Why say they "don't exist"? Why not use a more precise form of language by saying, "They
don't seem to exist in our observable universe"?
> >2) Who says they have to be detectable?
>
> I do. We're talking about science not devil demons from Pango Pango.
Yes, but your argument is equivalent to looking for your lost keys not where you may have
lost them, but where the light happens to be. Consider the possibility that your
assumptions on what makes ET's detectable is flawed, and start looking elsewhere. I wish
SETI all the best, but they are assuming that ET's are transmitting in the EM band, or that
they are sending omnidirectional signals in the first place. It would be much more
efficient to send signals across interstellar distances in a tightly focused "laser" beam.
In that case, the chances of us detecting them through current SETI techniques are almost
nil.
Paul
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