To: Irish_Thatcherite; Dead Corpse; King Prout
The theoretical possibility of such a device resurrects the Drake Equation with a vengeance.
"If such technology is possible, where are they?"
They being the supposed superior civilizations out in the rest of the galaxy.
2,994 posted on
01/07/2006 12:14:16 PM PST by
NicknamedBob
(How can I compete in a world of Cat 5 and wireless when my brain is wired by knob and tube?)
To: All
I gotta go, folks. Later!
2,995 posted on
01/07/2006 12:18:09 PM PST by
NicknamedBob
(How can I compete in a world of Cat 5 and wireless when my brain is wired by knob and tube?)
To: NicknamedBob
That's the problem - but the galaxy is a big place!
2,996 posted on
01/07/2006 12:31:03 PM PST by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
To: NicknamedBob
If "they" are there, "they" could be either supremely disinterested in us or they could be sending us an invite in a hyper-luminal medium that we have yet to identify. Why would they be using lasers/radio waves across those same distances we find so daunting? If you have the means to use something a LOT faster, why would you want to wait millinia to talk to a race who is so far below your own tech level?
Things to ponder...
2,999 posted on
01/07/2006 12:34:03 PM PST by
Dead Corpse
(Anyone who needs to be persuaded to be free, doesn't deserve to be. -El Neil)
To: NicknamedBob
They being the supposed superior civilizations out in the rest of the galaxy. That they have not tried to contact us is sign of their superior civilization. Can you imagine how screwed up Humans would be WITH superior technological means of mass destruction? Perhaps we are so primitive we simply are of no interest OR perhaps they simply have not yet stumbled across us yet. The Universe is a big place. There simply is insufficient proof to decide one way or another. Basic principal often overlooked Absence of proof is NOT proof of absence.
3,003 posted on
01/07/2006 2:55:09 PM PST by
MNJohnnie
(Marine Corp T-Shirt "Guns don't kill people. I kill people." {Both Arabic and English})
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson