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In the search for evidence of advanced life in outer space are we relying too much on looking for radio transmissions..?
light can also be used for transmission.
4 Answers
- Gary BLv 75 years agoFavorite Answer
The only LIGHT that can be successfully used for data transmission are LASERS, and THOSE are very very tightly focused.
So if they were NOT aimed directly at earth, the we would NEVER find them or see them.
- poornakumar bLv 75 years ago
Even if SETI is pointless it is the most desirable way to test many hypotheses advanced by Astronomers.
Radio in such research (& pursuit) has advantages over the other parts of the Spectrum.
- 5 years ago
Doesn't work particularly well over very long distances, neither does radio for that matter, probably all using quantum entanglement anyway.
