Is anyone out there?

[Retro Cat]

http://exoplanets.newscientistapps.com/

I rather hope so...

 

[The History Man]

I am

 

[StuPot]

It makes no sense for no one to be, but why no evidence in space... Loads of theories. I've read a bit about the Fermi Paradox and it would be a miracle for us to be the only alike lifeforms.

 

[The History Man]

There a bloke that looks a bit like me on here so that does it for me. Proof.

 

[Retro Cat]

It makes no sense for no one to be, but why no evidence in space... Loads of theories. I've read a bit about the Fermi Paradox and it would be a miracle for us to be the only alike lifeforms.

Could be the work of the Inhibitors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Races_in_Revelation_Space
Probably not mind

 

[rosstheboss]

Patrick Moore explained this very nicely on the Sky at Night a few years back

http://science.howstuffworks.com/space/ ... -odds1.htm

The odds are remote that we will meet an alien race until we harness some bonkers new type of intergalactic propulsion, even our first radio signals travelling at the speed of light have travelled a fairly pathetic distance in space terms. Have a look at this to see just how insignificant we are!

http://scaleofuniverse.com/

 

[dyna-ti]

Im going to start signalling SOS to outerspace.
They have to be better than the bastards we have running the show now.
Which is never going to change short of revolution. Unfortunately theyve been putting statutes in place to prevent anything like that breaking out in the first place
Sorry the police didnt agree to it so the march of progress is off.

 

[Retro Cat]

Who could blame them for not wanting to contact us...

 

[Barneyballbags]

The thing is, if there are advanced life forms out there, then what's to say they don't already know about us, but haven't bothered to get in touch because "alien life" isn't such a big deal for them?

 

[Barneyballbags]

Either that or they're already walking among us.

Case in point - Dynamo