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Other civilisations in the Galaxy - are they really that likely?

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Message 8 of 77 (233842)
08-16-2005 7:49 PM 		Reply to: Message 7 by coffee_addict
08-16-2005 7:43 PM

Like us?
So far we have only examined one form of life. And we've really only looked at one form of technology that would produce what you describe.
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Is there any reason to think that other life might be entirely different and that technology too might be different?
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08-16-2005 9:34 PM 		Reply to: Message 11 by Nighttrain
08-16-2005 9:22 PM

Re: Exobiology
With evidence from Mars pointing to the presence of water, will discovery of life (fossilised or active)prove the death-knell for Christianity?
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Not at all, but that would probably do better in its own thread.
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08-16-2005 11:56 PM 		Reply to: Message 13 by NosyNed
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Re: Convergent Technology
Reasonable. But what we're counting on is a small segment of that technology, using broadcast radio. Any other technology, such as narrow casting, advances in landline communications as an example, where the broadcast stage is minimized or skipped, would make it almost impossible for us to detect them.
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08-17-2005 12:50 PM 		Reply to: Message 27 by SoulSlay
08-17-2005 12:47 PM

Fermi Paradox
Very simply, he asked "Where they be?"
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He asked that if there were a multitude of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy, the Milky Way, then, "Where are they? Why haven't we seen any traces of intelligent extraterrestrial life, such as probes, spacecraft or transmissions?"
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