To: PatrickHenry
If life is out there, why haven't they contacted us yet? We could use another IT guy (or gal or alien) at my workplace...
7 posted on
07/28/2005 5:32:27 PM PDT by
Pharmboy
(There is no positive correlation between the ability to write, act, sing or dance and being right)
To: Pharmboy
If life is out there, why haven't they contacted us yet?That's the big question. It's known as the Fermi paradox.
9 posted on
07/28/2005 5:45:44 PM PDT by
PatrickHenry
(Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. The List-O-Links is at my homepage.)
To: Pharmboy
If life is out there, why haven't they contacted us yet?Out there is a big place. The distances are actually beyond the imagination of most humans.
"They" may not even know our galaxy exists, let alone us.
To: Pharmboy
If life is out there, why haven't they contacted us yet? That assumes a lot of things: That they've detected us, that they have the ability to communicate over the distances (they might not have the technology and/or might not be sentient) and, finally, that they have any interest at all in contacting us.
For us, the discovery of alien life would be groundbreaking. Other species might not have any interest in contacting aliens, though.
28 posted on
07/29/2005 7:52:42 AM PDT by
Modernman
("A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy." -Disraeli)
To: Pharmboy
If life is out there, why haven't they contacted us yet? The universe is a big place and, even at the speed of light, our little shouts have not gone very far.
49 posted on
07/30/2005 8:46:22 AM PDT by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
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