Re:TRAPPIST-1 Is Older Than Our Solar System
by Dowwie on Saturday August 12, 2017 @06:32PM
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We would get a response sooner if they communicated using more advanced technology
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Re:TRAPPIST-1 Is Older Than Our Solar System
by mkl on Saturday August 12, 2017 @09:49PM
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How? Any more advanced technology must still obey the laws of physics, and if we really are that wrong about the laws of physics, we'd have no way to receive such a message.
Re:TRAPPIST-1 Is Older Than Our Solar System
by ceejayoz on Sunday August 13, 2017 @12:52AM
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Well, there's stuff like wormholes, Alcubierre drives, etc. All problematic given our understanding, but a culture having made breakthroughs towards these might just show up on our doorstep one day.
There are ways to receive messages that don't require the recipient to have the tech. An uncontacted tribe in the Amazon can still be reached by megaphone, or plane.