Reply #37: No but the problem whit the laser

[nadinbrzezinski]

is dispersion so it has to be a VERY POWERFUL laser to do that.

And if he found a bona fide signal... and they find HE DID... it will change everything.

I got my history degree, masters and all, but some of it was in the history of science... I did my thesis in intellectual history, but because of the history of science (Galileo's case was like fascinating)... I can almost smell general panic when this is announced with about a billion people. A few million will ignore it, like it changes nothing... but medium to long term will change religions.

Now if this is a later signal, it left Gliesse 20 years ago... are any of our signals reaching Gliesse by now? I don't think radio is, YET. IN fact, I read somewhere that radio seems to disperse into background by three light years point... but my memory might be failing me.