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[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If there is life outside of our solar system forget about them. They don't need us bringing our bullshit to them.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They likely suffer from the same bullshit if they are sentient

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If that's the case We don't need their bullshit coming here either. This planet already sucks enough.

[–] SufferingSteve@feddit.nu 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe they would act as a uniting force? :D

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I admire the optimisim

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It’s hard to imagine how we’d even communicate with intelligent life hundreds of light years from us.

[–] Balthazar@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

In the best case, the detection is at the 2.4 sigma confidence level (less than the usual 3 for reasonable confidence and will below the 5 required for strong confidence), and if previously suspected issues with the instrument are true, the detection could disappear completely.

I do not have a strong confidence in this result. (But at least they didn't publish it in Nature, in which case you would absolutely know it's wrong...)

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'll just wait for the PBS Space Time video to tell me it's not aliens.

[–] kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

With the dude's seductive voice that resonates eternally through the very fabric of our... spacetime.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

s/life/certain chemical reactions/

[–] gon@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago