tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post8220784083609022256..comments2024-02-15T13:20:14.813-06:00Comments on Gordon's Notes: SETI: find one of nine galactic civilizationsJGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-68005898585176565012007-12-01T09:21:00.000-06:002007-12-01T09:21:00.000-06:00Well, yes, it was a mostly whimsical post. The con...Well, yes, it was a mostly whimsical post. The confidence intervals are a bit ... wide.<BR/><BR/>I don't buy lottery tickets, but on the other hand I would buy a few "SETI tickets".<BR/><BR/>Sometimes there are limits to logic.JGFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-6405906906568885752007-12-01T08:28:00.000-06:002007-12-01T08:28:00.000-06:00Huh? A bunch of percentages of likeliehood and th...Huh? A bunch of percentages of likeliehood and then none to guess if one has a beam pointing at us?<BR/><BR/>Likeliehood that a beam is pointing as: .000001 %<BR/><BR/>Likeliehood it is a death ray: 100%<BR/><BR/>Likeliehood that they won't use it because they are not sure if we constitute intelligent life: 50%<BR/><BR/>(depends on if all those folks who have been abscounded by UFOs are GZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623054918799881730noreply@blogger.com