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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 181407" data-attributes="member: 175144"><p>I have grave doubts about all of the above equations, especially those surrounding the individual parameters / quantities within Drakes equation, as it is formed around just one form of mathematics, which utilises only the human idea behind it, and has no quotient to include the potential adaptions based on progression through time. </p><p></p><p>Indeed none of the above postulations really go further than using existing known forms of communication between life forms, which severely limits their accuracy when we go beyond the SETI idea of electromagnetic spectrum reception.</p><p></p><p>The Sci-Fi writers are of course very aware that the limitation of light is the biggest restriction to communication across distances that are presently apparent, and have skirted round this to include faster-than-light particles, gravitational waves, telepathy, hyperspace/space curvature and time displacement, as a way of communicating, and travelling to converse with other species not of this Earth. </p><p></p><p>Each one of the above ideas once deemed feasible through human development would update the civilisation number by a significant amount, as successive Ages relied on better tools in the stone/Iron/Bronze eras and would improve the result of N in Drakes equation by (at least) factor of 2.</p><p></p><p>I for one would welcome a team of professionals from this forum to break down the variables into numbers that have updated validity. The best venue appears to be one which includes a table with some slightly damp writing mats, the thought processes honed using a generous supply of beverages dispensed via a number of hand pumps at the bar (and at least one serving wench on hand to remove the distraction of travel between bar and table every 20 minutes) .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 181407, member: 175144"] I have grave doubts about all of the above equations, especially those surrounding the individual parameters / quantities within Drakes equation, as it is formed around just one form of mathematics, which utilises only the human idea behind it, and has no quotient to include the potential adaptions based on progression through time. Indeed none of the above postulations really go further than using existing known forms of communication between life forms, which severely limits their accuracy when we go beyond the SETI idea of electromagnetic spectrum reception. The Sci-Fi writers are of course very aware that the limitation of light is the biggest restriction to communication across distances that are presently apparent, and have skirted round this to include faster-than-light particles, gravitational waves, telepathy, hyperspace/space curvature and time displacement, as a way of communicating, and travelling to converse with other species not of this Earth. Each one of the above ideas once deemed feasible through human development would update the civilisation number by a significant amount, as successive Ages relied on better tools in the stone/Iron/Bronze eras and would improve the result of N in Drakes equation by (at least) factor of 2. I for one would welcome a team of professionals from this forum to break down the variables into numbers that have updated validity. The best venue appears to be one which includes a table with some slightly damp writing mats, the thought processes honed using a generous supply of beverages dispensed via a number of hand pumps at the bar (and at least one serving wench on hand to remove the distraction of travel between bar and table every 20 minutes) . [/QUOTE]
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