<snip> > wrong. Maybe our electromagnetic emanations aren't getting to > them and theirs > aren't getting to us. Maybe something else is going on.
We can shoot lasers half way across the galaxy. I would expect other races in our level of technology could do the same. We are not seeing anything like this. I think that as more awareness of our place in this galaxy evolves, we will come to the understanding that there is very limited benefit to 'advertising' our location to the rest of the galaxy. We would just be asking to get our a$$es kicked. I would also presume that other races will or have come to the same conclusion. In 50-100 years, I suspect that our reliance on high voltage electromagnetic broacasts will end as we evolve techically into a more wired civilization. We should only have a very limited cone of meaningful electromagnetic radiation enimating from our planet for a very short time. > > However, it is far too early to assume that the notion of > SETI is wrong or > that we really are alone. We simply don't know anything near > enough to make > either assumption. But perhaps we're looking in the wrong > place or the wrong > way? In either case, more research and thinking are required, > not less. I am now starting to think that SETI is spending too much time to looking for signals. When it happens, we should know, since it will most likely flood our planet for decades, if not for centuries. I would even imagine that it would interfere with our own broadcasts. Unfortunately there will be limited value in what is recieved. I think the dream of patron races that broadcast wisdom is too far fetched. SETI should reset its goals and objectives. Nerd From Hell > > > > > Tom Beck > > > "I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I didn't > realize I'd also > see the last." - Jerry Pournelle > >
