Pi is Not Unique: SETI Implications

On Tuesday, 29 August 2017 07:35:06 UTC-4, Paul Schlyter wrote:
On Mon, 28 Aug 2017 21:14:52 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 in the known universe. 100
billion in this galaxy. Even with extreme odds, the chances of their
not being life on other planets is unlikely, possibly intelligent
enough to hear/see what we produce.

Intelligent enough isn't sufficient, they must also be close enough
to us, and then the chances drop dramatically. If you sent a message,
how long would you be willing to wait for a possible reply?

5000, 10000 years. Does it matter? Provided civilization doesn't regress.