Those aliens really hate it when you obstruct their view of Venus…
Posted on 04/01/2016 1:05:26 AM PDT by LibWhacker
Assuming it works as claimed, it would still only disguise the Earth to one specific star system per laser. So do they plan to have one for every star they think might have a civilization?
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Concealing Earth's existence from extraterrestrials, or announcing its presence with an artificial light curve, would work only if humanity knew or suspected where those aliens were living.
Why did it take so long for that following paragraph to show up? You don't know which side of the sun is the "front", and you don't know if any alien civilizations exist, let alone where they are. Assuming the existence of such civilizations, by the time we find them, it is too late to think about hiding from them. On the other hand, by the time we find them, they are likely already hidden in the distant past, since the starlight that reaches Earth is a view into the past. We have no way of knowing what the universe looks like at this moment.
Silly idea, better suited for a science fiction novel than a scientific thought experiment.
Earth looking and searching (for extraterrestrial life) while trying to hide.? Sounds like Hillary, her campaign and where and how she appears. With the young and informationally challenged, rope a dope tricks, cackles, parking in the rear...
Just another elaborate plot to fund more Mass Transit studies, but this time for truly astronomical sums.
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SEP fields are easier and cheaper.
Wouldn’t the sudden disappearance of a planet arouse more curiosity than its continued existence?
The lasers can power the solar cells that power the lasers. Simple liberal energy logic.
What a total waste of time and money.
These supposed “evil aliens” have mastered inter-galactic travel at warp speeds, yet somehow are going to be fooled by a laser that “cloaks” our planet from their prying eyes? Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Please tell me this isn’t tax money being wasted on this bull-squeeze.
What a total waste of time and money.
These supposed “evil aliens” have mastered inter-galactic travel at warp speeds, yet somehow are going to be fooled by a laser that “cloaks” our planet from their prying eyes? Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Please tell me this isn’t tax money being wasted on this bull-squeeze.
Have you never seen Back to the Future?
It is the silliness that academics engage in when they decide they need to have a publication this year
April Fools.
Alien 1 to alien 2: “Hey, now there’s a laser beam coming from that strange planet #3 around star 17A4GH whenever, it goes in front of the star. That’s the planet that has those crude radio waves coming from it. Let’s zip over there to see if we can find some more food.”
Those aliens really hate it when you obstruct their view of Venus…
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