<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 3:06 AM, Tomaz Kristan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:protokol2020@gmail.com" target="_blank">protokol2020@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div class="im"><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">The Rare Earth is the only sane explanation for our apparent solitude.</span><br>
</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't know if this is a supportable assertion. It is certainly a top contender in explanations, but the only "sane" one... not by a long shot.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Space is REALLY big. It seems hard to see intelligence from REALLY far off. I mean how close would you have to be to be able to detect our intelligence.</div><div><br></div><div>Seriously, let's turn this around. Within how many light years could an intelligent race detect our intelligence? How would they do it? Would someone outside that light cone just assume there was no intelligence in our direction? Is it not similarly likely that we would miss intelligence out there for the same reasons?</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Kelly</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>