Re:Galaxy Simulations Offer a New Solution to the Fermi Paradox
by oh_sigh on Saturday March 09, 2019 @12:54AM
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> As a sanity check, the fact that no other intelligent life has been observed is evidence that it is unlikely.
I'm not sure this is particularly useful. It could be like a medieval European saying land to the west of the Atlantic doesn't exist, because they've never once seen it through their looking glasses.
How far could we detect intelligent life, say on a similar level of current humans? If it is based off of radio ways, we would only be able to detect life within a 100 light year radius of earth, which is merely 2% of the way across our galaxy.
I'm not sure this is particularly useful. It could be like a medieval European saying land to the west of the Atlantic doesn't exist, because they've never once seen it through their looking glasses.
How far could we detect intelligent life, say on a similar level of current humans? If it is based off of radio ways, we would only be able to detect life within a 100 light year radius of earth, which is merely 2% of the way across our galaxy.