The solution may be to search where there is "nothing" visible

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The solution may be to search where there is "nothing" visible

ljk — 5/10/2006 3:48:02 PM (archived)

Some members of the SETI community are trying to convince the
rest to stop searching just Sol-type stars for signals. Our best bet
may be those objects which only appear in the infrared region of the
electromagnetic spectrum in the outer, colder regions of the galaxy.

See here for the details:

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0506/0506110.pdf

Fermilab is conducting searches for Dyson Shells using the data from IRAS:

http://home.fnal.gov/~carrigan/Infrared_Astronomy/Fermilab_search.htm

Also see Robert J. Bradbury's Matrioshka Brains:

http://www.futurehi.net/docs/Matrioshka_Brains.html

The whole thread (34 posts)

SETI: Reality Check - ljk - 5/8/2006 7:41:18 PM
- One nit-picky point - alcaray - 5/9/2006 10:05:35 PM
  - re: One nit-picky point - henry - 5/9/2006 10:09:30 PM
- re: SETI: Reality Check - Henry Cordova - 5/9/2006 6:31:37 PM
  - re: SETI: Reality Check - Robert - 5/9/2006 9:34:14 PM
    - re: SETI: Reality Check - Henry - 5/9/2006 10:40:02 PM
      - The solution may be to search where there is "nothing" visible - ljk - 5/10/2006 3:48:02 PM
        
        re: The solution may be to search where there is "nothing" visible - henry - 5/10/2006 5:46:37 PM
        
        Don't give up on pulsars yet - ljk - 5/10/2006 6:54:16 PM
    - re: Communication - Raoul - 5/9/2006 9:55:52 PM
      - Squeezing through narrow pipes - Robert - 5/9/2006 10:23:42 PM
        
        re: Squeezing through narrow pipes - Raoul - 5/10/2006 5:45:39 AM
- tool-using sapients - Robert - 5/8/2006 8:24:53 PM
  - more - Robert - 5/8/2006 9:02:30 PM
    - Millions of species on Earth, we haven't made meaningful contact with any of them - SDF - 5/9/2006 4:46:41 PM
      - meaningful contact - Robert - 5/9/2006 5:06:23 PM
      - Perhaps because they aren't as smart as we are.... It should be easy then, shouldn't it. - SDF - 5/9/2006 4:51:32 PM
        
        Make an appointment with Polynesia the Parrot for lessons. - Tom Brosz - 5/9/2006 5:33:19 PM
        
        Whales being killed by humans = not too smart? - ljk - 5/9/2006 6:39:51 PM
        
        re: Whales being killed by humans = not too smart? - Tom Brosz - 5/9/2006 7:27:32 PM
        
        re: "exhibits nothing approaching imaginative action" - alcaray - 5/9/2006 9:16:09 PM
        
        And one more thing... - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 12:36:59 AM
        
        re: And one more thing... - ljk - 5/10/2006 3:34:42 PM
        
        "laying low" like whales? - alcaray - 5/10/2006 3:25:24 PM
        
        There are levels of imagination, of course. - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 12:12:22 AM
        
        Communication not the same as training - SDF - 5/10/2006 12:28:49 AM
        
        re: Communication - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 12:33:32 AM
        
        Reward/Punishment feedback not possible with SETI - SDF - 5/10/2006 1:33:37 AM
        
        Intelligence = killer instinct? - Robert - 5/9/2006 9:15:55 PM
        
        re: killer instinct - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 12:28:48 AM
        
        re: killer instinct - ljk - 5/10/2006 11:08:05 AM
        
        re: Whales being killed by humans = not too smart? - ljk - 5/9/2006 7:51:13 PM
        
        Still not following - Robert - 5/9/2006 5:07:53 PM
        
        Japan To Sell Whale Meat To Hospitals And Bars After Expanding Kill Quota - ljk - 5/11/2006 5:27:01 PM

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