Optical SETI offers a much higher chance of finding a real signal because of the simple fact that there are no known natural sources of nanosecond pulses (or shorter). Any 10 nanosecond pulse of light can only be from intelligent life (or of course a shocking new natural phenomenon). Recently a researcher in Australia has [...]
Has Optical SETI discovered aliens?
May 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments
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Are aliens watching us?
September 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The Fermi Paradox allows for many explanations. One is that the human race encountered aliens in the past, we just don’t know about it. This anti-anthropocentric view does not offer an answer to the question “are they still here?” If they came a long time ago then they probably went away bored. If they came [...]
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Fermis Paradox
June 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Fermi’s Paradox can be resolved in many ways. My preference is the following: Natural evolution of advanced species is much rarer than most Darwinists would have you believe. It is in fact so rare that the probability of at least one species evolving in any given galaxy is below 1 (perhaps well below 1). Many [...]
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