Are we alone? No

"Phyloe" wrote in alt.astronomy:

The first ever proof of intelligent life, outside of here on
earth, will
be found in the SMC. I just hope I live long enough to be proven
correct. Somebody write this done and attribute it to me.


Let's find intelligent life on Earth first. So far no result here.

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"CeeBee" wrote in message
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"Phyloe" wrote in alt.astronomy:

The first ever proof of intelligent life, outside of here on
earth, will
be found in the SMC. I just hope I live long enough to be proven
correct. Somebody write this done and attribute it to me.


Let's find intelligent life on Earth first. So far no result here.


Whoa now, I think my dog is very intelligent. He can get me to do almost
anything he wants. ;-)

"Douglas A. Shrader" wrote in message
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Whoa now, I think my dog is very intelligent. He can get me to do almost
anything he wants. ;-)


*ahem* Cats are much more intelligent than dogs. You can't get 9 cats to
pull a sled through the snow.

"Dennis Taylor" wrote in message
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"Douglas A. Shrader" wrote in message
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Whoa now, I think my dog is very intelligent. He can get me to do almost
anything he wants. ;-)


*ahem* Cats are much more intelligent than dogs. You can't get 9 cats to
pull a sled through the snow.

Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.

Intelligent life could have evolved as far back as 2 billion years
ago (or even earlier). Civilizations that developed the ability
to travel in space probably (ECHO) developed wherever there
was intelligent life. Most of these civilizations have probably been
limited in their space travel to velocities well under the speed of light.
With this limitation in mind it is unlikely that space faring
civilizations could explore beyond some 3-5 light years. Such
explorations would strain the resources on arrival to neighboring
stars to the extent that landing on earth-like planets would not
be practical (because of the inability to return to space). Much as
Columbus setting up a temporary community on discovering
America, and as today our setting up a base in Antarctica these
alien explorers must have left traces of their presence on low
gravity asteroids or moons. With these thoughts in mind here
is my take on the possibility of finding evidence of alien presence
in our solar system.

Consider that stars do not travel around our milky way with the
same orbits. It has been estimated (I do not know with what authority)
that every 100,000 years or so on average, a star will come to within
3-5 light years of our solar system. That would translate to some
10,000-20,000 such encounters in the last 1-2 billion years. Given the
current speculation that some 20% of all star systems have an (earth
like) planet capable to support life, there could have been as many
as 2,000-4,000 such stars in our past. If the probability that at the
time of such near encounter the alien planet has a space faring
civilization of say 0.01-0.1% then there is a likelihood that on
exploring our solar system we might find from 1-5 traces of
alien visits. There is some evidence of that, but for reasons
that are not clear, NASA appears to be adamant in not releasing
such information.

Phyloe wrote:

The first ever proof of intelligent life, outside of here on earth, will
be found in the SMC. I just hope I live long enough to be proven correct.
Somebody write this done and attribute it to me.
Phyloe

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the ditch long enough to appreciate what was here before the asphalt
came.

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:35:33 -0500, "Phyloe"
wrote:

I feel soooooo alone!!!