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RiaX
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Seti is an interesting project but the power of the arrays is simply too weak. Also the distances between objects is too great, even if they find a signal they will not be able to prove a thing because they wont be able to get there or look there. Its easy to see stars and galaxies, planets not so much.
Also consider what if advanced alien life is directly opposite to us in the milkyway ? then we will NEVER receive a signal because of the interference from the galatic core, and by the time any information reaches SETI it would rust.
The next ideal you got to consider is this:
The universe is a big place but is 14.7 billion years old enough to allow multiple evolutionary processes come into play? no one said evolution started at the same time everywhere. That said its possible that humanity could be the most advanced living race in the universe. Thus discovering aliens would be near impossible since they might be primative.
The next idea is what if we are the last in the evolutionary race? which would mean more advanced lifeforms could be extinct now. If super advance intelligent life exists then they wont know about us and we not be aware of them, because the universe is so massive we are always looking into the past. Humanity has only being sending signals for what just over a 100 years now? so any species outside 100 light years will not know mankind exists (the milkyway alone is approx 100 000 lightyears in diameter and the sun is a lame yellow dwarf star on the edge of the galaxy).
This concept is silly, sure our physics maybe wrong and light may not be the quickest way to travel across the universe, if its right then its possible this answer will not matter because everything is too far away. The next thing we got to consider is usually there arent multiple worlds in a system that are organic friendly. Its possible most living organics die before they evolve the scientific intellect to navigate the cosmos. Perhaps there will be synthetic lifeforms, super advanced beings that discarded their organic bodies in an attempt to achieve immortality.
Though this type of research does irritate me, I find it a waste of resources. Say you find an answer? then what you publish a paper going "there are aliens" or "there arent aliens" and that cost billions of dollars? Now im aware its a quest for knowledge but one should be realistic. This does not aid humanity in anyway. I believe the mathematics and statistics is sufficient in answering this question, until mankind learns to sail amoung the stars this is pointless research.
Finally what does SETI have to do with evolution? its function is to find life beyond earth. Life can take many forms depends what your idea of life is. Is a fully functional advanced artificial intelligence alive ? life can create life, that is not natural evolution. I would agree in intelligent design with that aspect, in terms of synthetic genetic engineering. Just like how lab mice are created, their genes are selected for research. Breeding and acts similar to this can also fall in this category. That is 'intelligent design', its proper scientific name is "Synthetic Evolution" but the word is taboo amoung ID and creationists they try to refute the concept so badly the word has been eliminated from their vocabulary. So SETI does not prove evolution if its successful, there are too many unknowns. SETI will only provide 1 of 2 answers, "IS there life beyond earth? 1)YES 2)Maybe havent found it yet."
Also consider what if advanced alien life is directly opposite to us in the milkyway ? then we will NEVER receive a signal because of the interference from the galatic core, and by the time any information reaches SETI it would rust.
The next ideal you got to consider is this:
The universe is a big place but is 14.7 billion years old enough to allow multiple evolutionary processes come into play? no one said evolution started at the same time everywhere. That said its possible that humanity could be the most advanced living race in the universe. Thus discovering aliens would be near impossible since they might be primative.
The next idea is what if we are the last in the evolutionary race? which would mean more advanced lifeforms could be extinct now. If super advance intelligent life exists then they wont know about us and we not be aware of them, because the universe is so massive we are always looking into the past. Humanity has only being sending signals for what just over a 100 years now? so any species outside 100 light years will not know mankind exists (the milkyway alone is approx 100 000 lightyears in diameter and the sun is a lame yellow dwarf star on the edge of the galaxy).
This concept is silly, sure our physics maybe wrong and light may not be the quickest way to travel across the universe, if its right then its possible this answer will not matter because everything is too far away. The next thing we got to consider is usually there arent multiple worlds in a system that are organic friendly. Its possible most living organics die before they evolve the scientific intellect to navigate the cosmos. Perhaps there will be synthetic lifeforms, super advanced beings that discarded their organic bodies in an attempt to achieve immortality.
Though this type of research does irritate me, I find it a waste of resources. Say you find an answer? then what you publish a paper going "there are aliens" or "there arent aliens" and that cost billions of dollars? Now im aware its a quest for knowledge but one should be realistic. This does not aid humanity in anyway. I believe the mathematics and statistics is sufficient in answering this question, until mankind learns to sail amoung the stars this is pointless research.
Finally what does SETI have to do with evolution? its function is to find life beyond earth. Life can take many forms depends what your idea of life is. Is a fully functional advanced artificial intelligence alive ? life can create life, that is not natural evolution. I would agree in intelligent design with that aspect, in terms of synthetic genetic engineering. Just like how lab mice are created, their genes are selected for research. Breeding and acts similar to this can also fall in this category. That is 'intelligent design', its proper scientific name is "Synthetic Evolution" but the word is taboo amoung ID and creationists they try to refute the concept so badly the word has been eliminated from their vocabulary. So SETI does not prove evolution if its successful, there are too many unknowns. SETI will only provide 1 of 2 answers, "IS there life beyond earth? 1)YES 2)Maybe havent found it yet."
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