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Re:SETI spots dozens of new mysterious signals emanating fro... by themagician on Friday September 14, 2018 @04:19PM (#17990596)
Not just visit, anything. You'd never be able to communicate. The SNR is such that it would always just be noise.

If FTL isn't possible then the end result of listening is simply the confirmation that something else exists and it stops right there.

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Re:SETI spots dozens of new mysterious signals emanating fro... by hannasanarion on Friday September 14, 2018 @06:40PM (#17991668)
Conversation isn't the only thing you can do with messages. Alan Turing didn't crack Enigma so that he could have a lovely chat with the Germans.

Don't you think there's at least a little bit that could be learned by listening to alien communications from centuries ago, other than the fact that it exists?

If such signals were found, would you really stop reading at the headline "alien communication discovered"?

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