From: Jef Allbright (jef@jefallbright.net)
Date: Fri Apr 25 2003 - 08:45:01 MDT
I expect optimized communicaton would tend to be indistinguishable from
low-level noise to those who don't have the key. Also, in contrast to those
who feel that advanced civilizations will continue to expand to take over
ever increasing volumes of physical space, I suspect there's very little to
be gained by moving a lot of mass around, and that advanced civilizations
will tend to grow in complexity in ways that we are unlikely to be able to
observe. I agree with Greg that detecting an extraterrestrial civilization
is very unlikely due to the relatively short blip during which they would be
emitting detectable signals.
- Jef
Greg Jordan wrote:
> Radio communication will probably be just a short blip in human
> technological history. If it is happening on another world, though,
> for communication on-planet only, would we still be able to detect it?
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