In article . com,
Roga wrote:
I think SETI makes far too many assumptions. It is very geared toward
the Drake equation, which is a pragmatic narrowing of information
bandwidth to the point where we're only looking for messages that are
sent with the express purpose of talking to us. Considering that we
have only sent one of these messages ourselves,

This is incorrect, just one might expect from the fact that
sending messages is relatively cheap and what strikes humans as worth
doing variable. In fact, even TV shows can use beamed messages as
a ratings stunt, as seen on DAILY PLANET last year, when they sent
a message to 37 Geminorum.

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