G'Day Mike, Phil and List We are not unique. The universe is unique. Listen, Observe, Learn
Cheers John -----Original Message----- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Galactic Stone & Ironworks Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 7:29 PM To: JoshuaTreeMuseum Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Listening To Fermi I think there is life out there somewhere, but I doubt they are broadcasting their presence using primitive technologies like radio or anything else we would recognize. This is not unlike aliens trying to detect us by looking for our carrier pigeons. On 9/16/10, JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > Interesting point Eric. My question is: how many years of complete and > total silence would it take to reach the conclusion there's just > nobody out there? 1,000? 10,000? a million years? a billion? a > googlezillion? You could listen for eternity, hear nothing and say, > well we just need a little more time. I don't buy the argument of > time scale. If there are aliens out there transmitting at anywhere > near the rate of Earth's output, surely in 50 years we would have > heard one little bit of Morse Code by now. > > ------------------------------------------------ > Phil Whitmer > > > > I might agree with that sentiment if there were enough information to > support it. However, I've got an interesting question about > perspective and time. > > If a child looked out the window of a house for a mere 32/1000th of a > second and formed a conclusion that horses do not exist, would you say > he's correct? > > Eric > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
