For as long as humans have looked to the night sky to divine meaning and a place in the universe, we have let our minds wander to thoughts of distant worlds populated by beings unlike ourselves. The ancient Greeks were the first Western thinkers to consider formally the possibility of an infinite universe housing an infinite number of civilizations.
I have had the idea that someone in the know would actually WANT to find other life out there in space! If there were to be someone who reads these comments, that really cares, it would be amazing! However; I believe the scientists who are looking, are thinking in too narrow a field! They are using the assumption that all life requires O2. Why does all life require O2? It doesn't! Look at life in the gas vents in the ocean! Thay have found life where it was previously believed to be impossible! When the scientists decide to get off their high horses, and actually try looking for other options, they may find something! For example: Instead of transmitting radio waves, Why not transmit light??? There is a narrow band of light that can not only be bright enough at a low power, but it would be able to bounce around like a ray of light shining in a pool of water! Ideas make the world move! Or is that gravity? S.E.T.I., could use their massive dish to transmit a message , using a beam of light! Another option would be using a gas-hydrate. Hey, but what do I know! I come up with ideas for just about anything and everything. I have invented a bunch of usefull things. However; Being extremely poor, prohibits me from being able to obtain any patents. It's too slow when you're looking forward; It was too fast when you're looking back! F.J. Wirkus
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