[ExI] fermi paradox just got worse

[John Clark]

On Sun, Aug 9, 2026 at 1:13 AM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:


> *> Regarding ET probes already being here in our solar system
> monitoringus, here is an old 1960's Nature paper on the topic.*


*And today 70 years later there is nothing new to report on the topic, and
I'll bet the same thing could be said 70 years from now, or 700 for that
matter.  *


> *> Such probes might be inclined to try to get our attention by
> repeatingour own radio transmissions back to us *



*If ET figured that a one-time occurrence of repeating our own radio
transmissions back to us was the best way to get our attention then ET was
an idiot.*

*> In any case, how can we be sure there aren't already probes here?*


*We can't. We can't be certain that rocks aren't conscious either, but I
see no reason to believe that they are. *

*John K Clark*





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