[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] A late comment on a talk last October

[Steve Isenberg]

Nice video, Allan, thanks for finding and sharing it.
(Spoiler: No, the answer to his question isn’t 42.)
-steve


On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 3:10 AM Allan Sherman <allanpsherman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This reminds me of the songwriter Peter Mulvey's description of a
> conversation he had with his friend, Vlad, the astrophysicist that begins
> with the question 'Are there intelligent civilizations out there other
> than ours, and if so why haven't they contacted us?'
> You can hear this at https://www.petermulvey.com/media/  (The actual
> conversation begins at about 2:45).
>
> Same question, and same answer...... but well done.
>
> -Al
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 1:37 PM Carl Lazarus <carllazarus at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I just played the recording of Howard Winkler’s talk “Is There
>> Intelligent Life Anywhere in the Universe” and enjoyed it very much.  (I
>> had a conflict the day of the talk.)  It surprised me, however, that nobody
>> brought up a probability factor of how long intelligent technological
>> civilizations last.  We’ve only had the technology to transmit radio waves
>> for 120 years or so, and even a little shorter for the ability to transmit
>> powerful signals.  How long will our technologically-capable civilization
>> last.  One hopes a long time, but perhaps we will end it before long by
>> climate change or by nuclear war.
>>
>>
>>
>> If such civilizations arise randomly after billions of years of
>> evolution, and they wipe themselves out within a few hundred years, there
>> might not be any others around now.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry for this depressing thought, but I’m not the first one to mention
>> it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Carl Lazarus
>>
>> carllazarus at comcast.net
>>
>> 617-964-7241 (H)
>>
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