Receiving Signals from a Distant Civilisation
I think receiving signals
from a civilisation, that has gone extinct by the time we received it, would still be a very exciting. Mainly because
if we're lucky we might receive hundreds of years worth of signal, and
we can learn a lot about them, e.g. their culture, their technologies
and language etc.
It's going to happen regardless, if we pick up a signal we can assume the society has either died out already or advanced significantly. We'll also know it's likely a very long time before they'll even be able to detect that we exist
In other words there's no point for making contact, but the amount we can learn from it will be tremendous. It will also change society dramatically knowing that we are not alone, and would put more importance on space travel for us.
It's going to happen regardless, if we pick up a signal we can assume the society has either died out already or advanced significantly. We'll also know it's likely a very long time before they'll even be able to detect that we exist
In other words there's no point for making contact, but the amount we can learn from it will be tremendous. It will also change society dramatically knowing that we are not alone, and would put more importance on space travel for us.
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