“was anybody out there” is still an interesting thing to know.
> On Nov 2, 2015, at 7:34 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com> wrote: > > That is very interesting. It appears that if we ever receive radio > transmissions from deep space, it is highly unlikly that the civilization > that created them still exist. The times it took to get here are so vast it's > questionable that any life existed on the earth when the signals began their > long trek across the vastness of space. > > If we could answer the question, "Is anybody out there?" affirmatively and > send it back on its way, in a few million years they might get the reply, and > in another few million years we might get back an answer, "Oh... right. > Sorry, we figured it out already." > > Which begs the question... Why? Why listen at all? What could we hope to > gain? If we ask a question we will never get an answer in anything like a > timely manner and it is extremely doubtful anyone would be listening when it > arrives. > > It's because people are incapable of grasping the immensity of space that > they can entertain the notion that we could communicate with anyone "out > there" even if we could understand them and they us. So I ask again, why? > > Bob S > > > On Nov 2, 2015, at 16:22 , Richard Gaskin > <ambassa...@fourthworld.com<mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>> wrote: > > Roger Guay wrote: > I am very pleased to announce that my LiveCode app, > AlienCivilizationDetection was reviewed by Stephen Webb, the author of “If > The Universe Is Teeming with Aliens … Where Is Everybody?” here: > > http://stephenwebb.info/fermi-paradox/a-seti-simulation/ > <http://stephenwebb.info/fermi-paradox/a-seti-simulation/> > > Needless to say, many of you on this list deserve the credit, and I thank you > for all the help! > > Super cool, Roger - congrats. > > And thanks for posting the LC stack. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
