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?

[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Currently reading through the 3 body problem and it touches the idea that maybe we shouldn't scream into the void.

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Too late for that. Early antennas threw radio waves all over the place.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

TV and radio stations still do!

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Aren't they a little bit more directional towards the receivers these days? But then again, the stuff probably bounces around a lot anyway.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

I was under the impression they became static in a light year or so.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 2 points 1 month ago

FYI plural of millennium is millennia