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Re:SETI spots dozens of new mysterious signals emanating fro... by jlarocco on Thursday September 13, 2018 @04:58PM (#17982518)
But how do we know our concept of an easily detected signal isn't merely a product of how our technology evolved?

I think it's worth investigating and looking for signals because it does find interesting phenomenon, I'm just very skeptical we'll ever find intelligent life doing so.

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Re:SETI spots dozens of new mysterious signals emanating fro... by marshray on Thursday September 13, 2018 @05:46PM (#17982941)
> how do we know our concept of an easily detected signal isn't merely a product of how our technology evolved?

Because 150 years of investigation very very very strongly implies that electromagnetism is one of the most powerful of a very short list of fundamental forces.

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