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RE[3]: Memetics
by zima on Mon 4th Jun 2012 23:53 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Memetics"
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I don't know if it would attract that much attention... the more advanced our communication methods become, the more "hidden" they seem to be, and less recognizable from noise.
(powerful radio transmitters with simple modulation of the old days, vs. fiber optics and very complex - spread spectrum, and such - radio methods of now)

So I'd guess the most "visible" aspects of us might come from ~individual levels; or at least good old ~societal ...probably hysterical, too. Something like a decision to launch barrage of nuclear warheads, if I'd have to guess; those should be quite visible, at least when exploding.

Anyway, "passing by" in a grand style popularised by cheap scifi (a form of cargo cults, really) isn't very likely to happen - for one, if you expand an effort to go somewhere, you likely want to stay there, given what the physics in this universe seems to be (and transport methods of advanced civilisation would likely be unorthodox, vs. "grand scifi style" - more something like ~embryo colonisation, maybe seeding of nanotech and transmitting yourself; and generally gradual hopping across Oort clouds seems most probable)

Edited 2012-06-05 00:09 UTC

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