Re:Why extraterrestrial life may not seem alien
by rendall on Monday August 02, 2021 @04:08PM
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> At a bare minimum, human thought patterns have to be rare.
Definitely. In fact, I think they are almost certainly unique in our entire local galaxy cluster, and we will never find anything even close.
We could very well find something interesting, enlightening, sophisticated or using what we might be able to squint and call technology, but I suspect we will never find an alien civilization intentionally broadcasting for example the fibonacci sequence or prime numbers so that we can learn to exchange culture and communicate ideas.
Definitely. In fact, I think they are almost certainly unique in our entire local galaxy cluster, and we will never find anything even close.
We could very well find something interesting, enlightening, sophisticated or using what we might be able to squint and call technology, but I suspect we will never find an alien civilization intentionally broadcasting for example the fibonacci sequence or prime numbers so that we can learn to exchange culture and communicate ideas.