[Calvin Locke]

One of the real scientists Art Bell had on, briefly discussed SETI. The guest said he thought it was a worthwhile endeavor, but that SETI is looking in all the wrong places.

To whit, denser areas are going to have higher odds of cosmic collisions and other cosmic events (supernovae) that are going to keep knocking down the chances for ETI to develop.

[Windflier]

One of the real scientists Art Bell had on, briefly discussed SETI. The guest said he thought it was a worthwhile endeavor, but that SETI is looking in all the wrong places.

To whit, denser areas are going to have higher odds of cosmic collisions and other cosmic events (supernovae) that are going to keep knocking down the chances for ETI to develop.

That makes sense. It would also tend to explain why life flourishes on this planet. Our solar system is located in the outer bands of the Milky Way galaxy.

As to SETI, I've believed for a long time that they're monitoring the wrong thing. If advanced civilizations are out there, I highly doubt that they're using the medium of radio to communicate across space. If SETI ever does find coherent emanations of radio signals, they'll likely be coming from a civilization of similar advancement to ours.