Null Hypothesis: WOW

[agravating1]

send back the same "wow" signal to the direction it came from , simple QSL.

[oniondeluxe]

wow

[MonSwon]

The signals have never come back tho, if it was genuine you'd think you'd be able to hear it again at some other time and if that isnt possble for what ever reason it demonstrates intelligence can be picked up so I would again expect to hear some thing again. Maybe its to early to be sure but it doesnt look like its going to be repeated. We still need to develop more ways of recieving different stuff. Thanks for posting the video.

[DarkKnightBob1o1]

I never been to SETIcon

Just know what Iearnt at uni.

[DarkKnightBob1o1]

It could just be a rotating pulsar that happened to skim our planet for a breif period

[ConsilienceTeacher]

@DarkKnightBob1o1 That's more or less what I suspect though it still represents an event of astronomical odds (forgive me) that we be in the path.

Did this come up at SETI Con?

[DarkKnightBob1o1]

@ConsilienceTeacher depends on how you judge the stats. I mean the odds are 100% if that's what it was

I don't know the exact odds but ...

Also it's strange that no-one relates the fact that we have detected pulsars 'bleeping' our planet before along with a whole bunch of other things such as gamma ray bursts which fit the profile extremely well and are relatively frequent.

Again I don't have the data required to correlate but the odds seem pretty damn high.

[DarkKnightBob1o1]

@DarkKnightBob1o1 that should be the ad hoc stats are 100% that it did happen if its identified as a natural source.

[DarkKnightBob1o1]

Remember regardless of the odds being able to see pulsars is a reality.



[RandomPerson8492]

@DarkKnightBob1o1 Aren't pulsars technically rotating by definition?

Ah, I'm just being pedantic. I know what you mean, even if I can't quite describe it.

It's still interesting to think about, whatever the source may be.

[DarkKnightBob1o1]

Without further data we can't conclude much though it is interesting to learn how we aren't allowed to transmit on the 1420 MHz frequency due to there being a 'space ban'

now THAT'S just too cool regardless of the wow signal.

[Treyb3yond]

Kit? that you?

[supermandan85]

I'm reading some comments here that argue whether aliens would be hostile to us and lead to our demise, so I'll chime in. IMO they would NOT want to fuck with us because they should already see how dangerous we are to eachother. Force fields, indestructible vehicles, telepathic mind control? I doubt it. We would probably fry them (and I'm not trying to be arrogant, just honest. We are motivated by FEAR more than anything.) That's probably why they haven't come down to say "Hi" yet. My 2 cents.

[TacomaTerror]

The religious do believe in aliens. There gods came from the sky in chariots of fire. Not from this Earth their texts exclaim. However if you ask most religious if they believe in aliens you will get a funny look.

[Dazreiello]

I am a firm believer of both Life outside our galaxy and signals such as this being interference. Disregarding the signal, to be honest, why wouldn't you believe there are other forms of life in the universe? If you believe in coincidences then the likely hood of 'earth' happening again I'd say are high. Evolution can also cause completely different adaptations on those locations with extreme conditions.EX: We'd usually associate living things breathing oxygen, evolution may allow substitution.

[hop1pop]

Im going to use okams razor for the fact they experts cant explain it.... im going to state that it was not a huge radioactive event as such would have leave huge radioactive trails following such an event and not just stop suddenly. sooooo im going to lean towards something abnormal in nature for now... untill disproven, which is what we did with pluto... state its a planet.. untill later. XD i would rather be happy now and dissapointed when i am dead.

[korgri]

Examining spectra seeking this type of signal is like two millimeter apertured flashlights on opposite ends of a twenty mile canyon attempting to send morse code, and they have a device on each that only illuminates the beams when the two devices line up perfectly. It makes good press that we listen for ET's, but it's more than likely that signals worthy of intrigue wouldn't be broadcasting in this medium. It may have been faked in an attempt for funding, Illegal doesn't mean impossible.

[wpederson1]

When a rabbit jumps into its hole, that hole then engulfs the rabbit. Fruit loops subsequently make tasty snacks when eaten simultaneously with homogenized secretions of cow utters. While blinking lights surely emit waves of light in the direction pointed, they certainly do not taste like fruit loops... LOL

[SeanyPancakes]

@korgri I agree, don't understand why you got thumbs down.

[samdon815]

It seems to be a certainty that the universe teems with life. The question is , why have we never been able to contact or to detect any.

[TalmaPai]

intelligence would not contact - and idiots like us american cannot - thats why

[pitcalco]

Serious question (not a flame): why do you find it certain that the universe teems with life?

[hop1pop]

@pitcalco because space is soooo vast sooo huge it would be assinine to assume we were the only life in the universe. math is in favour of intelligent life elsewhere and math... is always right, unless you dont know math.

[pitcalco]

Math is always right even if you don't know math. ;)

I agree that it stands to reason that there is something else out there because space is so large, but until we actually find something it is not fair to dismiss those who do not share the assumption completely out of hand.

[fuckingpillock]

The same logic could be applied to those of a religious persuasion though, surely? Until there is proof, of which the burden lies upon the religious, to prove the existence of god, why should the concept of life on other planets be dismissed by them?

To trust in science and human reason is far more preferable to me, than to believe in some super-mysterious floating sky daddy. The concept of life existing elsewhere is simply a numbers game, as you point out, math(s) ;) is always right. :)

[kotta91]

We are having a sped varying from zero and the most we can reach is the speed of light before we turn into light what if the speed of light is the zero speed of it and it doesn't have an engine to speed it up and when light reaches a specific speed it changes to something else

[hop1pop]

@kotta91 mabe that is why we havent recieved any messages yet... we lack conversion technology. so... with that in mind we could have recieved many things we shuffled off as interferance.

[pierrepepi]

I guess some people will have to live with the mystery of it being one of the universe's greater secrects...it is very intriguing non the less.

[hop1pop]

@pierrepepi its not a mystery, there IS life out there, intelligent life! its just a matter of obtaining that chance of technological advancements of our world and theirs matching up enough for us to recieve message thats what the wait is all about... since it would be incorrect to state that we are the only "intelligent" life in the universe since space is HUGE and FULL of planets!!

[Slagtheangry]

@hop1pop

Mild estimates of the galaxy are 200-400 billion stars. If you were to guess that each star had a solar system with planets you then realize that there aren't that many planets. I mean come on... 400 billion stars in one galaxy. Imagine the over 70 sextillion+ galaxies in the VISIBLE universe.

I shall stop being sarcastic about the lack of planets and agree that it's very improbable for life to not exist.

It just boggles the mind that we haven't found it.

[hop1pop]

@Slagtheangry

it shouldnt boggle your mind, our methods of searching could be very poor.

[Slagtheangry]

@hop1pop

That's very true... Let me restate what would have been a more logical statement. "It boggles the mind that THEY haven't found US." lol.

There's so much speculation about alien motives but I highly doubt we are an extraterrestrial ant farm. What would they benefit from it? Nothing.

Oddly I am leaning to what would be the doomsday theory, even Stephen Hawkings supports the idea that most would probably wipe themselves out in our stage of development with nukes, pollution, etc.

[hop1pop]

@Slagtheangry

math is in favour of a select few that surpass the demise of suicide to go on to be advanced.

[Slagtheangry]

@hop1pop

I agree, I mean logically SOME extraterrestrial species must have been able to get past that point. It could be possible that Light Speed or wormholes are unobtainable. If that were the case... Meh. It's all creatable in THEORY.

[hop1pop]

@Slagtheangry

Im looking forward to the possible extra terrestrial contact, even if it might lead to our demise... XD

[Slagtheangry]

@hop1pop

It would most definitely be interesting to see how it plays out, lol. Probably would be the end of humanity as we know it... Would be interesting if they had a specific underestimation of our race. If we could hit any of their space craft with nuclear weapons, it should do at least moderate damage. It's hard to fathom and material could withstand obliteration when it's being ripped apart on an atomic level. Maybe we'll have EMP bombs by then. Hmmmm...

[cputb1]

Wow!