• Rainbowblite@lemmy.caEnglish
    1 month

    The Fermi Paradox doesn’t seem that paradoxical when you see a map like this. Civilizations could be screaming into the void for millenniums without reaching the other side of the galaxy. Signal strength drops fast too. How would would ever distinguish a faded signal from background noise?

    • ForeverComical@lemmy.caEnglish
      1 month

      Currently reading through the 3 body problem and it touches the idea that maybe we shouldn’t scream into the void.

      • Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
        English
        1 month

        Too late for that. Early antennas threw radio waves all over the place.

          • Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
            English
            1 month

            Aren’t they a little bit more directional towards the receivers these days? But then again, the stuff probably bounces around a lot anyway.