Given the universe is 4 billion years old and radio waves travel at the same speed as light, if there was intelligent alien life, shouldnt earth constantly be getting transmission from other alien species? Like even if the aliens sent communications by accident like humans did 70 years ago shouldnt the earth be getting some kind of communication?
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Asher Price
Dominic Richardson
How do you know we aren't?
If we were sent wi-fi signal before we invented the internet, how would we know?
Why do you assume we'd be able to detect whatever signal they've sent?
Why do you believe we'd be receiving anything at all?
Ethan Nelson
1. why do you assume aliens developed radio
2. why do you think they would continue to expose themselves to other alien life when they would be just as fearful of being annhiliated as we are
Alexander Hill
Theres no evidence that we have recieved any communication from an alien civilization.
What other types of communication can travel at the speed of light? Isnt it possible to narrow down the methods of communication based on distance and time?
Even if aliens had some extra sensory form of communication that could travel that distance the amount of civilizations a galaxy that is 47 billion years old should at least produce more than one that communicates similar to the way we do. We havent even gotten a fucking text message...
Austin Howard
This sounds like the same argument religious people make for why god doesnt make his presence known... its just basically a cop out. Aliens and angels are just myths.
Henry Gutierrez
Sorry the autism but the one being 4 billion years old it's Earth.
The universe is like 14 billion.
James Davis
what a shitty response
We are afraid of aliens
Aliens aren't afraid of aliens because of God?
Ryder Davis
>100 year window between swept radio waves and more direct communications that has to line up with our window of detection
>out of 4 billion possible years
gee I don't know why
Blake Price
>We havent even gotten a fucking text message...
>its just basically a cop out
Oh, ok. It's just a b8 thread.
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Jeremiah Morales
Its not that much of a gap if there are more than one alien species and they have been transmitting for far longer than we have.
Also where are all the remnant transmissions from space battles between hostile alien worlds. Or debris from other civilizations technology such as satelites and space vehicles. We cant be the only dumbass species to lose equipment in space.
This doesnt even account for all the direct communications we should be getting from other species who would just have a casual interest in our world.