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IDemo

(16,926 posts) Fri Feb 13, 2015, 01:51 AM Feb 2015

Scientists in US are urged to seek contact with aliens [View all]

Scientists at a US conference have said it is time to try actively to contact intelligent life on other worlds.

Researchers involved in the search for extra-terrestrial life are considering what the message from Earth should be.

The call was made by the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence institute at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Jose.

But others argued that making our presence known might be dangerous.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31442952

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Scientists in US are urged to seek contact with aliens [View all] IDemo Feb 2015 OP

To Serve Man... It's a cookbook! (n/t) Binkie The Clown Feb 2015 #1

I'm not saying... pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #2

... --- ... Downwinder Feb 2015 #3

Too late. The day of the first radio message x the speed of light. Anything within that circle... cherokeeprogressive Feb 2015 #4

Not really jberryhill Feb 2015 #5

I would have thought that too some time back.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #8

+1. You post the coolest stuff. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #13

Has nothing to do with picking out AM radio signals jberryhill Feb 2015 #25

It wouldn't surprise me if it could be done with current technology Fumesucker Feb 2015 #30

That's assuming the aliens have similar technological advances as we do. Rex Feb 2015 #12

Yup. And the thing is, aliens are almost surely either way ahead of us or way behind. DanTex Feb 2015 #18

The ones that are around our level of technology Rex Feb 2015 #19

Thanks for the enlightenment. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2015 #23

Anything smart enough to see us and get here won't need to be told. bemildred Feb 2015 #6

+1 and they won't want to eat us. They'd be well past that. nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #22

I'm guessing they think we are disgusting. bemildred Feb 2015 #24

They are probably glad we haven't figured out how to contact them yet. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #27

Yep, first order of business would be to slap us around bemildred Feb 2015 #29

Terrible idea -- the aliens will call us 'savages', take what's left of our natural resources, GreatGazoo Feb 2015 #7

In reality, we will probably do all of that to them, first, Jamastiene Feb 2015 #28

Our first words should be: Help! We've been overrun by lunatics! Hestia Feb 2015 #9

Although functionally pointless, it would create jobs. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #10

Kind of vain for us to think we have a choice in the matter. Rex Feb 2015 #11

What if they had X-Ray vision and could see right through us? Octafish Feb 2015 #14

Well if they are light years ahead of us in technology Rex Feb 2015 #15

Z-ackly! Octafish Feb 2015 #16

I'd vote we go with a ''Passive'' approach. Octafish Feb 2015 #17

LMAO - all they have to do is go to the TeaBagger convention ... Myrina Feb 2015 #20

Swipe right if you would like to meet! n/t dilby Feb 2015 #21

I am pretty sure if there is intelligent life on other worlds, they Jamastiene Feb 2015 #26