Hey there World, So this video totally happened. It was not what I had originally planned for the moment but I feel that it has its own special place.
And here is the script.
It
is perhaps one of the most important questions that we are faced with since
learning of our true place in the Universe:
Are
we alone?
It
is a question that persisted in our ancestors who could only scarcely dream of
understanding the true meaning of the lights in the night sky.
And
even today we still wonder…
Could
the Cosmos be alive with the music of intelligent life?
The billion dollar question: Are we alone in the Universe? |
And
that method is called Radio.
The search for a common medium of communication: Radio. |
We
do this by listening for radio signals with very unique frequencies. The radio
signals we’re interested in exist within a special range of the electromagnetic
spectrum which makes them noticeably different from the background noise emitted
by the rest of the Universe. The holy grail of this search is the detection of
a “narrowband” signal, a signal with a constrained frequency bandwidth. We use
similar signals to communicate on Earth and we're hoping that if extraterrestrials
exist, that they would do the same.
We've
only been listening for a comparatively short period of time, and within a
select array of frequencies. Could we actually be in the middle of an
intergalactic conversation right now, at a time when we have the chance to
listen in?
IS intelligence prominent throughout the Universe ? Or is it a rarity ? |
No
other means of communication that we can yet
derive from the laws of nature is
faster. No other means is cheaper and easier to implement. Even civilizations
that have yet to fully master interstellar space travel can still afford an
extensive radio detection program as evident in our own civilization.
It
all depends on where our priorities are. So far our most dedicated program to
listen for signals from outer space called SETI (The Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence) costs less than one predator attack drone a
year.
<predator drone video>
But
perhaps a much more interesting notion than just listening for extraterrestrial
signals is the possibility that we've made ourselves noticeable to the wider
galactic community. For the past 110 years we've been leaking our own radio signals
into outer space. Right now there exists a Radio Sphere 200 light-years in
diameter surrounding our planet. Although at longer distances the signals would
be too weak to carry any significant information, nearby civilizations with the
capability of sifting through the static might still be able to learn of our
presence granted they have radio technology and a shared curiosity to listen to
the Stars.
Endless distances to venture off to, could one one of those horizons contain beings that ponder the same questions as us? |
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