There are an estimated 100 million stars on the low end, in our galaxy alone. If just one out of 10 million has intelligent life, that's 10 species in this galaxy. Estimated 400 million on the high end, that's 40 different species.
SWEET! I get the premise, however, if none of them contain life then we have wasted loads of money and time. I can even enjoy the concept, but apparently some of those celestial bodies sing, at least that is what they used to tell us. It was common knowledge that we were getting radio waves, sounds if you will, from space. It was also common knowledge that radios used quartz crystals to pick up electrical pulses. If space is as vast and as "chaotic" as they say then all these random things we randomly pick up could really just be cosmic vibrations, they could even be coming from our own planet! Without an "expected" source it is easy to place assumptions.
There are an estimated 100 million stars on the low end, in our galaxy alone. If just one out of 10 million has intelligent life, that's 10 species in this galaxy. Estimated 400 million on the high end, that's 40 different species.
SWEET! I get the premise, however, if none of them contain life then we have wasted loads of money and time. I can even enjoy the concept, but apparently some of those celestial bodies sing, at least that is what they used to tell us. It was common knowledge that we were getting radio waves, sounds if you will, from space. It was also common knowledge that radios used quartz crystals to pick up electrical pulses. If space is as vast and as "chaotic" as they say then all these random things we randomly pick up could really just be cosmic vibrations, they could even be coming from our own planet! Without an "expected" source it is easy to place assumptions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQL53eQ0cNA
It's not like governments have ever lied to their people to swindle wealth or anything though.