An interesting question and a super creative answer. Found on reddit: link in comments. Q It takes time for light to travel, so looking out into space is also looking back in time. Wont any intelligence or civilization we discover be ancient or even long gone? A Well, it kind of doesnt matter. I studied Latin in high school, and I was reading stuff from Cicero. And that signal took a few thousand years to get to me. But I was still interested in what he had to say. Also, keep in mind that if there are a lot of intelligent societies out there right now, tens or hundreds of thousands, then the nearest ones could be just a couple hundred light-years away. Of course, even that distance means youre not going to get into conversation.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:23:47 +0000
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