Comment on Scientists Propose New Way to Find Aliens: Detect Their Failing Warp Drives

Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The whole thing is theoretical, but the more tools we have on our belt to look for intelligent life in the universe, the better.

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  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unless we go the way of Independence Day or Three-Body Problem. At this point though I’d also probably say…

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    Please conquer us. We’re sooooo fucking stupid.

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• aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s what it means to specialize.

  You can detect a forklift before most other people can.

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  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I can literally build a Jenga tower with standard size Jenga blocks using a forklift (we have little competitions every so often)(unfortunately I can’t show pics or videos otherwise it’d be a security incident)

    I got that shit on lock

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• SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Of course it’s assuming that’s how advanced propulsion tech works. But it is useful to try to detect, just in case that’s how it actually turns out to work, no?

  And if we detect something interesting, like a potential warp bubble collapse, well, that also gives us a strong hint that it’s possible, helping us to direct research in the right path.

  Detecting techno-signatures of aliens would be super useful for us.

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  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And if course there’s the sheer awesome factor of if it turns out to be the case

    Could you imagine being the dude who makes that discovery? Prepare to have shit named after you for centuries

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• Jordan117@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Science location, you rube.

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