The problem I have with SETI is *not* that they are looking for ETs (I believe they exist. Watch the recently released NASA camera footage).
My problem is that SETI is WASTING many valuable resources on projects that we know will not be successful. What are the chances that a lazer will hit the earth? Have you ever tried to hit a bee with a lazer? It's nearly impossible even on our dense Earth. What makes them think Earth will be hit with lazers in the vast, empty abyss that is space?
It is more probable that SETI is a cover-up organization diverting attention to intentionally futile projects than is the probability of actually detecting a lazer.
Due to the red shift phenomenon in the electromagnetic spectrum as waves travel through space, SETI should have been looking below the radio frequencies to find ET radio transmission.
Similarly, If there are ETs they must travel FTL and therefore will only be visible as energy in the ultra-violet frequencies of the EM spectrum.
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The problem I have with SETI is *not* that they are looking for ETs (I believe they exist. Watch the recently released NASA camera footage).
My problem is that SETI is WASTING many valuable resources on projects that we know will not be successful. What are the chances that a lazer will hit the earth? Have you ever tried to hit a bee with a lazer? It's nearly impossible even on our dense Earth. What makes them think Earth will be hit with lazers in the vast, empty abyss that is space?
It is more probable that SETI is a cover-up organization diverting attention to intentionally futile projects than is the probability of actually detecting a lazer.
Due to the red shift phenomenon in the electromagnetic spectrum as waves travel through space, SETI should have been looking below the radio frequencies to find ET radio transmission.
Similarly, If there are ETs they must travel FTL and therefore will only be visible as energy in the ultra-violet frequencies of the EM spectrum.