Comment Re:Regarding the SETI program and the like (Score 1) 383
>> How do you conclude that far more advanced than us would want to avoid detection?
> If they didn't, then we would see them.
That's assuming a lot! Try thinking about a human conversation that starts this
Q. If you had the best technology, why did you never try to contact me?
The answers could be anywhere on the spectrum
1) I don't give a damn about you.
2) I've got better things to do.
3) You've only been these for 10,000 years.
4) You assume life detection in the universe this big is easy.
5) You assume that you are the only fish in the sea. ... and so on without even having to include active hiding. Actively hiding is an extremely simplistic assumption right there with religious types believing in a "caring God"! (assinging human like qualities to a supreme being)
> If they didn't, then we would see them.
That's assuming a lot! Try thinking about a human conversation that starts this
Q. If you had the best technology, why did you never try to contact me?
The answers could be anywhere on the spectrum
1) I don't give a damn about you.
2) I've got better things to do.
3) You've only been these for 10,000 years.
4) You assume life detection in the universe this big is easy.
5) You assume that you are the only fish in the sea.
