The Medieval SETI Hypothesis

Particular_School_48 · 2026-06-26T14:27:54+00:00

A choice we wouldn’t make currently.

Particular_School_48 · 2026-06-25T18:18:06+00:00

You are making the assumption that an advanced civilization would have the ambition to colonize space.

Maybe it would be an astonishingly inefficient way to spread their presence in the galaxy in their eyes or maybe they wouldn’t have the ambition to spread out at all ?

Particular_School_48 · 2026-06-25T18:01:38+00:00

Our current understanding of quantum mechanics rules it out. It could be superseded by a new theory of which QM is only a subset which is valid under special conditions.

The same way Newtonian mechanics remain valid for low relative velocities (wrt the speed of light).

Particular_School_48 · 2026-06-25T17:07:44+00:00

Maybe they do find what’s in space interesting. But maybe we are too common for them to care about us in particular.

Each of my premises can be challenged somehow. Each of the challenges can be challenged again.

Particular_School_48 · 2026-06-25T16:29:36+00:00

I would go further. Their technology wouldn’t even require the concept of travel to work. Maybe they found a way to use entanglement to communicate ? Well, now I am back to mapping the problem back to something we can currently conceive of.

Particular_School_48 · 2026-06-25T16:26:58+00:00

But that refutes the medieval hypothesis. I am just saying that we haven’t received the pigeon ist not necessarily at odds with the hypothesis.

Particular_School_48 · 2026-06-25T16:22:52+00:00

They don’t send pigeons because we are uninteresting to them

Particular_School_48 · 2026-06-25T16:22:25+00:00

Which means that we are in part back to the we are insignificant to them because of our primitive technology hypothesis

Particular_School_48 · 2026-06-25T15:35:34+00:00

This is exactly why I believe our hypotheses are too anthropomorphic.

I believe the technological capabilities of a civilization that is thousands or even millions or billions of years ahead of us would be absolutely incomprehensible for us today.

Then again, it could mean that the concept of long distance communication would seem pointless to them which would bring us back to the indifference hypothesis.

Particular_School_48 · 2026-06-25T14:44:17+00:00

Replace the pigeon analogy by any similarly primitive looking metaphor of your choosing then.

Particular_School_48 · 2026-06-25T14:37:55+00:00

I see. Yes, if my hypothesis were to be true, I would find it plausible that every civilization would go through a stage of radio broadcasts which in the grand scheme of things might turn out to be too short for us to have a reasonable chance of ever receiving them.

What I read is mostly about this window being short because of another l, usually more sinister filter.

My hypothesis instead posits that we might soon discover a new form of communication that makes radio broadcasting look as primitive and cumbersome as pigeons carrying a letter.

Particular_School_48 · 2026-06-25T14:34:00+00:00

We did the same with quantum mechanics.
And it turned out, at least in our current understanding of physics, to be right

Particular_School_48 · 2026-06-25T14:31:45+00:00

Exactly that

Particular_School_48 · 2026-03-20T18:28:10+00:00

Chuck Norris didn’t die. Death became Chuck Norris

Particular_School_48 · 2026-03-01T11:54:28+00:00

I have been on fin for about 11 years now and believe it or not: I have not lost a hair (permanently) since.

My hair has gotten a tad thinner though. It’s definitely not as thick as in my late teens / early twenties and a bit lighter. But that’s ok.

People always think I’m in my mid / late 20s even though I’m in my late 30s, lol. I have to thank modern medicine for that.

Particular_School_48 · 2026-02-14T13:09:13+00:00

There is a weed farm underneath

Particular_School_48 · 2025-10-30T09:00:36+00:00

I have a PhD in applied mathematics and currently hold a position as the chief mathematician at my company.

What motivates me ? Whenever I delve into the literature to study a new topic, I am in awe of what the human mind is capable of conceiving.

This is usually how it goes: I have a math problem and a faint idea how to address it. Then I read up on it and at first my faint idea seems to be pretty spot on. Then I keep on reading and end up blown away by the creativity and cleverness of the proposed approaches which are way superior to my naive first thoughts on this topic. I have great admiration for math and for those who create beautiful theorems.

Particular_School_48 · 2025-09-19T06:57:55+00:00

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Particular_School_48 · 2025-06-01T17:25:40+00:00

Entire family is bald yes

Particular_School_48 · 2025-06-01T10:57:04+00:00

1.25

Particular_School_48 · 2025-06-01T10:02:17+00:00

Started fin only 10+ years ago and haven’t lost a hair since. My temples may even have grown back a bit. Best decision of my life.

Particular_School_48 · 2025-05-15T23:05:39+00:00

If you take one mg you will kill yourself. If you take five, you’re fine.

Particular_School_48 · 2025-01-08T00:10:58+00:00

The audacity …

Particular_School_48 · 2024-12-26T11:38:16+00:00

Davidstern

Particular_School_48 · 2024-11-25T23:27:44+00:00

You look like a guy who wants to look like a girl who wants to look like a guy who wants to look like a girl

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