It's alsolutely rediculous to scan the sky listening for pre FTL civilizations. If your going to broadcast from or hear a signal it makes sence to find an unusual region of space.
What better place to broadcast than from say near a black hole. Build a transmitter probe and send it at a relativistic speed. Listen to places you would spend millions of dollars sending a probe to.
But really it's a waste of money. If you want to spend money all that badly then invest in research to discover new and more practical ways that a civilization might communicate along the stars.
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It's alsolutely rediculous to scan the sky listening for pre FTL civilizations. If your going to broadcast from or hear a signal it makes sence to find an unusual region of space. What better place to broadcast than from say near a black hole. Build a transmitter probe and send it at a relativistic speed. Listen to places you would spend millions of dollars sending a probe to. But really it's a waste of money. If you want to spend money all that badly then invest in research to discover new and more practical ways that a civilization might communicate along the stars.