Comment on An alien who sees in the radio part of the light spectrum would probably be blinded by all our wireless communications

MTK@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

You might think that but really our radio waves are like a spark compared to the forest fire that is the sun. We only think of radio waves as extreme or flooding because they usually have better penetration because of the lower frequencies.

This also why basically everything alive that has sight is looking at roughly the same spectrum as humans, it is just very abundant, has a high frequency (eyes can be small) and is just below ionizing radiation so easier to stay healthy.

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