<div dir="ltr">Yeah, I agree with Anders calculations on the strain that would be dangerous. As I said before you need to be very very close to source to be a real problem. <div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><img src="http://t.sidekickopen35.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v4LR3dW8qSMPY7dKPKPW7fRYjz2zlZNzW5CvrmQ1k1H6H0?si=6537132302139392&pi=049ae09b-2a32-47e3-f8ff-236adada4da3" style="display:none!important" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 9:24 PM, Anders Sandberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anders@aleph.se" target="_blank">anders@aleph.se</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On 2016-02-12 01:00, spike wrote:<br>
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that I think about it, I have never seen merging black holes
or GWs as an explanation for the silence of the cosmos.</span></div>
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Me neither. I was actually a bit surprised today when I did my skim
of the literature - people love to claim their favorite astronomical
phenomenon causes the Fermi paradox, but nobody seems to have argued
for black hole mergers. Gamma ray bursts, sure, even supernovas and
gas clouds, but no mergers.<br>
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I am working on a paper on the Fermi paradox actually. Somewhat
pessimistic conclusion in terms of number of aliens, but rather
hopeful in terms of the great filter. Will post more when I get the
numbers properly. But first things first: statistics of confused
underwriters this week, next week statistics of confused SETI
researchers! <br>
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(If anybody has seen a good table of different published estimates
for the Drake equation parameters from different authors, I would be
much obliged: I am having great fun compiling an overview of who
thinks what about the parameters.)<span class=""><br>
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Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University</pre>
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