Earth 'Noise' Could Attract Alien Invaders

New Scientist ^ | 5-3-2008

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Earth 'noise' could attract alien invaders

03 May 2008
From New Scientist Print Edition.

No matter how quiet we try to be now it's too late to prevent alien invaders. So says Alexander Zaitsev of the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics in Moscow, Russia, who points the finger at astronomers.

For 40 years, astronomers have fired microwaves off objects to chart near-Earth space and track the movement of close asteroids - and these signals are traceable back to us. By comparison, Zaitsev says, dedicated transmissions - often described as "shouting into an unknown jungle" - are a mere whisper. He calculates the astronomy signals have filled an area of the sky 2000 times greater than dedicated broadcasts have managed to date (www.arxiv.org/0804.2754).

[blam]

Shhhh!

(The Triffids are already here)

[TheWasteLand]

There are all kinds of aliens among us.

[Cementjungle]

Time to stock up on ammo.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

... and then, once they do find us:

THEY'LL TAKE SANTA AWAY FROM US!!!!!!"

;)

[Psycho_Bunny]

The guy’s a moron. What are the chances that a civilization lasting long enough to develop faster-than-light interstellar travel would still be violent enough to want to conquer another planet?

[OSHA]

Time to stock up on ammo.

And Slim Whitman albums.

[Kimmers]

I’m willing to do my part by wearing a tin foil hat and thinking quiet thoughts........

[Kieri]

Our acreage used to be part of a farm over 20 years ago. It grows stuff a local botanist has had trouble identifying. We’ve simply named them “Triffids.” Very few family members get the joke but we’re the nerds of the bunch.

As to the noise output of the Earth, if aliens are stupid enough to come here they deserve what happens to them.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Any intelligent life in the universe is going to take one look at our various radio and television transmissions, declare earthlings dangerously schizophrenic and place us under permanent quarantine.

Either that or they will sell tickets to the freak show.

[ElkGroveDan]

I believe that if hostile aliens tried to subdue the Earth, humans would very quickly learn the technology that brought them here and before long we would be running the show again.

[beltfed308]

Aliens will never come here due to Global Warming.

[6SJ7]

Quick! Everybody hide behind the sofa! (This always worked when we were kids watching a scary space monster movie on TV.)

[Tut]

I can only wonder how long that would take for that sound to travel such great distance?

I think if there is a threat at all would still be from space rocks or even some organisms that just might make it past burning up on entry in our atmosphere.

I mean... if a guy REALLY have a need to feel doomed.... are are far more likely scenarios.

[JRandomFreeper]

they deserve what happens to them.

Yep. Overrun by WalMart, McDonalds, and Starbucks in a very short time.

/johnny

[billorites]

Baraack Obama niktu!

[woofie]

You have that wrong...
its:

“Gork Baraack Obama niktu!

[ASA Vet]

The guy’s a moron.

The man has a PhD. in Astrophysics.
Just the kind of "moron" that would be forced off FR.

[brivette]

when i’m calling you.......

[Sherman Logan]

What are the chances that a civilization lasting long enough to develop faster-than-light interstellar travel would still be violent enough to want to conquer another planet?

Pretty good, I'd say, if you assume a society with very strong internal bonds of cohesion but extreme antipathy to others.

IOW, they're violent to everybody but each other. We have a pretty good example right here on earth with 1930s and 40s Japan. Very low internal conflict. Extreme aggression channeled outwards, even towards people that were no threat to them such as Pacific islanders.

[Man50D]

Meanwhile in another part of the galaxy other life forms are saying “Be quiet, or we’ll attract earthlings!”

[BenLurkin]

This movie had me literally hiding behind the sofa...

“People of Earth attention. People of Earth attention. This is a voice speaking to you from thousands of miles beyond your planet...”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o4fdX8gUMY

[tbw2]

I’ve already written on this topic in “SETI in Reverse” on Amazon.com (Downloadable Kindle, 99 cents)

[G Larry]

Interesting how we assign human traits, emotions, and characteristics to potenial aliens.....

[Berlin_Freeper]

They are already here making noise for the others to follow...

[blam]

"The man has a PhD. in Astrophysics."
"Just the kind of "moron" that would be forced off FR."

I thought of that during the recent 'fundraiser'.

[UCANSEE2]

"Either that or they will sell are selling tickets to the freak show. "

[UCANSEE2]

“As to the noise output of the Earth, if aliens are stupid enough to come here they deserve what happens to them.”

And that’s why they don’t stay long.

[UCANSEE2]

“Just the kind of “moron” that would be forced off FR. “

Reminds me, Where is Radio Astronomer these days?

[Soliton]

I bet they can’t wait for the final episode of ER!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Global Warming has already done so. The terraforming is already under way. It’s too late.

[mothball]

“And Slim Whitman albums.”

I prefer Boxcar Willie.

[Soliton]

The guy’s a moron. What are the chances that a civilization lasting long enough to develop faster-than-light interstellar travel would still be violent enough to want to conquer another planet?

It's not about the numbers, Intergalactic Delegates will decide if they could get here or not.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Apples and oranges: Those societies are internally cohesive and outwardly aggressive for only a few score years at best. Then they are thrust into inevitable bursts of internal violence.

The more technologically advanced - the more likely those civil wars will wipe out most or all of the population.

It is more probable that a civilizations advance into technology is inverse to its tendency to be aggressive.

[uglybiker]

"Either that or they will sell are selling tickets to the freak show.

It's on network TV!

[Sherman Logan]

Yup.

However, I think it is at least as likely that aliens would be the equivalent of Predator as the equivalent of ET or Ghandi. Or they might have alien motivations for wiping us out that we might never be able to understand.

[UCANSEE2]

That movie just proves one thing, for sure.

Those dang aliens drive worse than 80 year old chinese women.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Oh, puleeze.

[JimC214]

Here’s the obligatory “WE’RE All GONNA DIE” Post.

[Steve Van Doorn]

you are saying people on FR force off those that have PhD in specific subjects?

[Bobalu]

[mikrofon]

Hopefully it's not: "Be vewy, vewy qwiet -- we'w hunting earfwings..."

[The KG9 Kid]

Let's hope that the evil bug-eyed aliens coming here from 80 light years away are just big fans of the Jack Benny radio show and want some delicious Grape Nuts Flakes® and JELL-O® in strawberry, raspberry, orange, lemon, and lime.

[UCANSEE2]

Great!

btw, do ya know the episode/title of that one?
I want to look it up and watch it again.

[going hot]

Well, they could be multilegged large mouthed intelligent beings whose favorite delicacy is bipeds, soft on the outside and crunchy on the inside.

[microgood]

What happens if they find V?Y?GER?

[ASA Vet]

He’s still posting, (but not here,) and educating those who wish to discuss and learn science stuff.

[uglybiker]

The title was: Cancelled.

Forget which season.

[JoJo Gunn]

It is more probable that a civilizations advance into technology is inverse to its tendency to be aggressive.

Your odds are based solely on the physiological ruminations of a human brain on planet Earth. There is no way to lay odds on an alien view of "morality" and "ethics".

[UCANSEE2]

“you are saying people on FR force off those that have PhD in specific subjects?”

Sorry to butt in, but I think it’s limited to forcing off posters who really are smarter than everyone else. The subject isn’t that important. Neither is the PhD, or any other scrolls (diplomas).

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