Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science | Catman | Activity https://richarddawkins.net/members/catman/activity/ Activity feed for Catman. Wed, 05 Feb 2025 12:09:05 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ef1bae36657e6fd411516cb6d261cb91 Catman replied to the topic Another Drake Equation discussion in the forum Science and Technology https://richarddawkins.net/activity/p/21101/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:00:21 -0400 Hi 3point14rat, why do you say the bubble is moving at the speed of sound, electromagnetic waves travel at the speed of light.  FYI:  The very first experiments where electromagnetic waves were produced was done by David Edward Hughes in 1880, 139 years ago so the bubble would be 139 light years out.  There are approximately 5900 stars 150 li…[Read more]

]]> 0 9202eec8a29ac60dd9a8066324dbe890 Catman replied to the topic Another Drake Equation discussion in the forum Science and Technology https://richarddawkins.net/activity/p/21099/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:37:21 -0400 Hi forum, the search for ET is largely (entirely?) focused on looking for electromagnetic signals, correct?  What if advanced races discovered a better (think faster…than light) way to transmit signals.   Obviously we are not looking for whatever that is but I think the Drake Equation should factor it in.  If the vacuum of space is teaming wit…[Read more]

]]> 0 7ceee739f82ee8e92136924e3ed8a986 Catman's profile was updated https://richarddawkins.net/activity/p/21095/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:04:16 -0400 0 690ee41b52ee647fdffb9d7ff25c8ddc Catman started the topic New membersays hello forum in the forum Introduce Yourself https://richarddawkins.net/activity/p/21092/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 13:57:07 -0400 Hello forum, I just now signed up in order to participate in an on going discussion on the Drake Equation.  I see the discussion stared Mar 16 2019, hope I haven’t missed the boat.

Catman

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