In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 5 Jan 2017 08:16:05 -0800: Hi, [snip] >... estimate that there should be many advanced civilizations in the >Universe, a few of whom are close enough that we should be able to >communicate with them or at least catch glimpses of their broadcast >signals. Except ... that is, for the last term in the Drake equation ( L >= The length of time such civilizations release detectable signals into >space). This is the troubling part. Maybe advancing science invariable >hits a plateau where it always... or almost always ... self-destructs. >Maybe every civilization that discovers LENR succumbs to the dark side.
There is another possibility, i.e. that the reason for the short window is not self destruction, but rather that they discover FTL communication techniques, and stop broadcasting using EMF. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
