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this post was submitted on 28 May 2026
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The Fermi Paradox doesn't seem that paradoxical when you see a map like this. Civilizations could be screaming into the void for millenniums without reaching the other side of the galaxy. Signal strength drops fast too. How would would ever distinguish a faded signal from background noise?
Currently reading through the 3 body problem and it touches the idea that maybe we shouldn't scream into the void.
Too late for that. Early antennas threw radio waves all over the place.
TV and radio stations still do!
Aren't they a little bit more directional towards the receivers these days? But then again, the stuff probably bounces around a lot anyway.
I was under the impression they became static in a light year or so.
FYI plural of millennium is millennia
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