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Re:SETI spots dozens of new mysterious signals emanating fro... by sharkweek on Thursday September 13, 2018 @03:48PM (#17981829)
I always liked the theory that if you go stand above an ant hill and scream all day at the little creatures, they'll still have no concept of your attempts at communication.

So then similarly, it seems possible that advanced intelligence could be screaming at us but we're too "simple" to be able to understand them or even be aware of their presence.

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Re:SETI spots dozens of new mysterious signals emanating fro... by lifeisstillgood on Thursday September 13, 2018 @04:01PM (#17981978)
The bit that saddens me is the realisation that those ants will probably find "aliens" one day, the termite mound half a mile away, and likely fight terrible wars, but even if not, neither side will ever see sunrise over central park
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Re:SETI spots dozens of new mysterious signals emanating fro... by circlefavshape on Friday September 14, 2018 @04:57AM (#17985717)
Similarly every ant in the anthill could be screaming at you all day, and you'd have no concept of their attempts at communication
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