Astronomers Catch Mysterious Radio Blast From the Distant Universe

[biker_bill]

The surest sign that there is intelligent life in the universe is that they have never tried to contact us.

lol, oh ho ho ho ho. YEP!

 

[Shemp]

That stuff is so fascinating. How many civilizations have come and gone before we developed enough brain power to even communicate....

 

[dsp]

Would WE want to communicate with a civilization that is 1 billion years behind us?

Sure, why not? No matter how primitive. If it's a "civilization" it would (by our terms) make them civilized.

 

[strider12]

That stuff is so fascinating. How many civilizations have come and gone before we developed enough brain power to even communicate....

THAT made my head hurt.

 

[Tony2X]

lol, oh ho ho ho ho. YEP!

What's funny is, this COULD be the greatest discovery of man kind and yet some ppl. will still laugh and ridicule as they go on with their useless lives.

 

[Shemp]

Sure, why not? No matter how primitive. If it's a "civilization" it would (by our terms) make them civilized.

I think the famous Vulcan scientists had it right when they looked at pre-warp Earth and said, "Why bother?"

Yeah, I went full nerd-tard.

 

[Shemp]

What's funny is, this COULD be the greatest discovery of man kind and yet MOST ppl. will still laugh and ridicule as they go on with their useless lives.

FTFY.

 

[Shemp]

I would like to make a semi off-topic comment about how cute the writer of that article looks, but I won't.

 

[Tony2X]

Honestly, who's to say we have not received hundreds of LEGIT messages from different galaxies throughout the years that we have been searching?

Sure, why not? No matter how primitive. If it's a "civilization" it would (by our terms) make them civilized.

When's the last time you went into your backyard and tried to start a conversation with a colony of ants?

 

[jborim]

The surest sign that there is intelligent life in the universe is that they have never tried to contact us.

HA! This ^^^