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Does Active SETI Put Earth in Danger?
Ponca City, We Love You writes "There is an interesting story in Seed Magazine on active SETI — sending out signals to try to contact other civilizations in nearby star systems. Alexander Zaitsev, Chief Scientist at the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, has access to one of the most powerful radio transmitters on Earth and has already sent several messages to nearby, sun-like stars. But some scientists think that Zaitsev is not only acting out of turn by independently speaking for everyone on the entire planet but believe there are possible dangers we may unleash by announcing ourselves to the unknown darkness. This ground has been explored before in countless works of science fiction most notably "The Killing Star," a 1995 novel that paints a frightening picture of interstellar civilizations exterminating their neighbors with relativistic bombardments, not from malice, but simply because it is the most logical action."
I, for one, welcome our new alien overloards.
Right... I have been puzzled over this for some time. Why, when the Russians are coming out every kitchen sink and every toilet trying to conquer America, why would we suddenly want to announce the presence of our defenseless souls at a particular point in the spacetime to whoever is willing to listen? What if they, too, are just as evil?
Kinda like what the USA did with Iraq?
OMG you made my eyes bleed trying to read your drival....wouldn't it have been easier to come up with some simpler BS statement like "Sending these messages are going to spread Global Warming to the galaxy" which I'm surprised some looney Global-Warming-Al Gore-devotee hasn't come up with yet.
Reality is for people that can't handle drugs. So do your part, just say no to reality!