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Originally Posted by Jellin Pico  I've thought of that too. My thoughts are that maybe SETI ain't all it's cracked up to be, or they don't use radio. I mean, just because WE use radio waves to communicate over distances, doesn't mean other's haven't figured something else out. Doesn't have to be all futuristic and complicated either really, just something we plain haven''t thought of. |
So how do we use unknown technologies to search? We use radio waves because - well, because the UNIVERSE uses them. Radio waves are all over the universe, and our radios and TVs are only emulating them.
Sure, another life form may use different methods we don't know about yet, but there's a very good chance that somewhere along their road to sentience they discovered radio waves. So if they want to send out a message to us either they're smart and use radiowaves, the language of the universe (oh wait, sorry, that's math), or they're not real serious about finding us.
I say we need to feel wanted here, don't you?