Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: Fermi paradox Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 10:52:19 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 56 Message-ID: <6A0368D3.5BBD@ix.netcom.com> References: Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 17:52:02 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="2261325"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX180NZ7NS64Lq4MNCt2Q0v1sLSfBkWq9D7A="; posting-host="981d0d568b2ad24ca04be62a022b907c" Cancel-Lock: sha1:5xrSCSPCyCaQPBEumV3Q3Qj2A+g= sha256:8BD9l34lZiSWd5Md6sa8JA1UfJ8TgJOvpC1DiyVRK8g= sha1:eroRk+fcOR62I8ABDv7ArPdA4Qw= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 260511-2, 05/11/2026), Outbound message X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:670908 Thomas Heger wrote: > > Hi NG > > I just recently stumbled over this video > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXfFACs24zU > > It's about 'the Great filter' and means, that if we can't see UFOs, the > likelihood of stable civilizations is small. > > But I wanted to say, that we can only see our own past light cone and > that extends backwards in time, if we look at events further away. > > And if we look at distant galaxies several billion light years away, we > also look backwards in time by billions of years. > > But possible civilizations so far away and of the same age than our own > solar system are not visible today, because we need to wait for billions > of years for any signal from there. > > There is also the possibility, that our universe is only a subset of all > possible worlds and other universes are actually populated, though > invisible. > > Or possibly such 'aliens' belong to a different 'time domain', where > their day is a thousand years long for us. > > TH So, the aliens would be complaing..."Boy! Time sure goes slow!!" "It's Monday. When is it going to be Tuesday? A THOUSAND YEARS! I'm looking forward to a lonnnnnng weekend! I'll be back at work a few thousand years from now.... "Hey, how are you doing? I haven't seen you in a thousand years??" 'What are you talking about, I saw you yesterday?' YESTERDAY? Fells like a thousand years ago! "Boy! Time sure goes slow!!" -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.