Hi, Guest
04-08-2009, 05:15 AM
I think the cure for cancer is a lot more reasonable than advanced extra terrestrial life.
The search for aliens is kinda statistically unlikely.... first you have an ever-expanding universe that's practically ageless, and then you're looking for radio signals from a race that can do more than break rocks with other rocks.
So not only does a planet have to be able to support life (which is feasible considering the number of planets and solar systems out there), but then you'd have to find one that build a walkie-talkie however many years ago (if life is on Alfpha Centauri had life on it, they should have started talking at least 5 years ago) to travel the distance to our planet.
And then by the time we text them back, we can only hope that apes haven't taken over the planet.
SETI is like looking for a needle in a haystack -- where you have to stand a mile away from the haystack and you have to sort at it via messenger pigeons.
The search for aliens is kinda statistically unlikely.... first you have an ever-expanding universe that's practically ageless, and then you're looking for radio signals from a race that can do more than break rocks with other rocks.
So not only does a planet have to be able to support life (which is feasible considering the number of planets and solar systems out there), but then you'd have to find one that build a walkie-talkie however many years ago (if life is on Alfpha Centauri had life on it, they should have started talking at least 5 years ago) to travel the distance to our planet.
And then by the time we text them back, we can only hope that apes haven't taken over the planet.
SETI is like looking for a needle in a haystack -- where you have to stand a mile away from the haystack and you have to sort at it via messenger pigeons.
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