I really appreciate your perspective on the complexity of the search for life in the VQR article. The swimming pool to ocean comparison reminds me of the Hubble deep field image in which thousands of galaxies were found via a long exposure in a visual space only the size of a drinking straw's width. Given our current capabilities to scan the heavens (or lackthereof), it makes a lot of sense that we should have an art exhibition for aliens...It's not unreasonable that they would find us before we find them!
I really appreciate your perspective on the complexity of the search for life in the VQR article. The swimming pool to ocean comparison reminds me of the Hubble deep field image in which thousands of galaxies were found via a long exposure in a visual space only the size of a drinking straw's width. Given our current capabilities to scan the heavens (or lackthereof), it makes a lot of sense that we should have an art exhibition for aliens...It's not unreasonable that they would find us before we find them!
Thanks, Dan! Definitely not unreasonable!