[ExI] cyber-heaven meets dark matter

[Damien Broderick]

On 6/18/2010 7:45 PM, Mike Dougherty wrote:

>> There must be some kind of test for this idea, like the average rate at which visible stuff becomes invisible?  Or is this just back into Drake Equation territory again? (=sheer guesswork).  I wonder if anyone has ever looked for stars just disappearing?

> In my area that usually means they were just airplanes in the first place.
>
> Also, particularly dim stars are visible with peripheral vision but
> not when viewed directly.
>
> I wonder how much obvious stuff is in the blind spot right in front of us?

Sir, your humor is dry! It is dry to the point of dessication. It is 
anhydrous. Its pan is dead. Your whimsy is so dry that it might be 
mistaken by the careless for mental deficiency. More, I say!

Appreciatively,

Damien Broderick