"I propose a version of the Drake Equation for Lurkers on near-Earth objects. By using it, one can compare a Search for Extraterrestrial Artifacts (SETA) strategy of exploring for artifacts to the conventional listening-to-stars SETI strategy, which has thus far found no artificial signals of technological origin. In contrast, SETA offers a new perspective, a … Continue reading A Drake Equation for Alien Artifacts
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From the Edge of the Universe to the Inside of a Proton
"But we should count ourselves lucky; there have not always been 62 orders of magnitude of universe to explore, and there won’t always be. As Scharf explained, 'If you turn the clock back far enough to the Big Bang, obviously there was a time when the number of scales that were causally connected were fewer, … Continue reading From the Edge of the Universe to the Inside of a Proton
