They need to de-fund SETI. Total waste of money. ET is not out there. If he is, we’re all in a world of Sh!t and there’s nothing we can do about it.
I kind of agree with the, ‘let’s not call attention to ourselves’ theory!
They’d just kill and eat us, anyway. ;)
Maybe any signal containing intelligence may not necessarily be from extraterrestials as we “know” (envision) them.
There is a spiritual world.
From honest earth experience, a religious faith along the lines of Christianity is needed to get a society off the ground. I’d say that unless God wills there be an ET, there won’t be an ET. The bible is silent about it. But it doesn’t need to tell us everything. As C. S. Lewis said, it shows no signs of being a “systeme de la nature.” Will there be ETs in heaven, or in hell... nobody knows.
Not your problem since the funding of SETI does not come from government grants but rather private contributions..........
IIRC, SETI is privately funded now.
Agreed. but not for the reasons you state.
As a technology, I believe radio transmission to be a very short lived means of communication for a developing civilization - something that pops up for a century or two before it is superseded by something better. Quantum entanglement or a holographic understanding of the universe.
Radio signals may be the cosmic equivalent of smoke signals. Even if you recognize the smoke as a primitive attempt at communication, you might choose avoid contact with savage, woo woo indians.