[meteorite-list] OT: Listening To Fermi

[JoshuaTreeMuseum]

Where are "they"? For the sake of this argument let's say they're on one of 
the Alpha Centauri planets, a mere 4.3 light years away. Or, for that 
matter, they could be anywhere within 75 light years, the distance Earth's 
transmissions have reached. With their advanced planet detection methods and 
finely tuned dish signal reception set-ups, surely they would know about us. 
And they would also know how to send signals powerful enough to reach our 
planet through all the space dust and interferring cosmic rays.  And yet 
nothing, nada, zilch, goose egg. The silence is deafening and speaks 
volumes. There's nobody there.  Until ET phones home, I can't muster up the 
faith to believe in his existence. I need evidence, not wishful thinking or 
a yearning to not be alone. I'm not a yearner.

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Phil Whitmer