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TB — 7/31/2009 9:56:27 PM (archived)

TV signals crap out long before they would reach even Alpha Centauri.

Question F.06 on this page does the numbers.

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Less than 10 extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy? - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 2:37:16 PM
- Really? - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/4/2009 3:36:20 AM
- A better way... - Adam - 8/1/2009 12:43:42 PM
- Maybe the probes are good at Not Being Seen. - TB - 7/31/2009 4:36:43 PM
  - In addition to the critical flaws in this paper and recent related ones - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 5:32:56 PM
    - re: critical flaws - TB - 7/31/2009 8:24:39 PM
      - And this whole colonization thing in general - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 8:34:57 PM
        
        Found this to be of related interest - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 9:18:11 PM
        
        Unfortunately... - TB - 7/31/2009 9:56:27 PM
        
        Maybe intelligent beings evolve pretty fast, therefore there are lots of ETI in the galaxy - Socrates II - 8/3/2009 5:15:51 PM
        
        re: Maybe intelligent beings evolve pretty fast, therefore there are lots of ETI in the galaxy - phil - 8/3/2009 5:27:05 PM
        
        Intelligent life might be rare, but I doubt life in general is. - TB - 8/3/2009 6:49:14 PM
        
        Even the Rare Earthers agree wtih you - Socrates II - 8/3/2009 7:16:17 PM

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