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The Director of Research at the SETI Institute proposed a broader, multidisciplinary approach to the SETI search, beyond radio and optical modalities, in an article published today in the journal Astrobiology .
Phys.org says:
"Alien Mindscapes -- A Perspective on the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence" authored by Nathalie A. Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center for Research at the SETI Institute, suggests the need for a sea change in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, where the full complement of physical, biological, computer and social sciences are deployed in a quest to look for life as we do not know it. Cabrol asserts that "To find ET, we must open our minds beyond a deeply-rooted, Earth-centric perspective, expand our research methods and deploy new tools. Never before has so much data been available in so many scientific disciplines to help us grasp the role of probabilistic events in the development of extraterrestrial intelligence. These data tell us that each world is a unique planetary experiment. Advanced intelligent life is likely plentiful in the universe, but may be very different from us, based on what we now know of the coevolution of life and environment."
[...] In her paper's call to action, Cabrol promotes the establishment of a Virtual Institute with participation from the global scientific community. The new SETI Virtual Institute will integrate our new knowledge to understand who, what, and where ET can be, and step beyond the anthropocentric perspective. New detection strategies generated by this approach will augment our chances of detection by identifying new survey targets. The purpose is to expand the vision and strategies for SETI research and to break through the constraints imposed by imagining ET to be similar to ourselves. This new endeavor will probe the alien landscapes and mindscapes, and expand our understanding of life in the universe.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 10 2016, @06:35AM
That is probably another universe. Are there any Bolos there? Or the CoDominium?
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Sunday July 10 2016, @01:59PM
There really is no way to go FTL, our radio shell is now 200 light years in diameter, and the berserkers are on their way at sublight speeds......
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 10 2016, @04:38PM
There really is no way to go faster than light, based on our level of technology.
I am mindful that Russia produced aircraft engines during WW2 that were capable of "breaking the sound barrier". The US did likewise, soon after. But, no one reached mach 1, because the aircraft tended to destroy themselves. Finally, October 14, 1947. Based on technology prior to 1947, there really was no way to go faster than sound.
I expect that some really bright people will eventually look at things, one day, and see that everyone else has been looking at the problem all wrong.
Of course, the author I cited would probably agree with you. His invading force is moving toward earth at sublight speeds. That's why I haven't been able to read the conclusion of the story yet. :^)
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Monday July 11 2016, @04:04AM
The V-2 rocket [wikipedia.org] was supersonic.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday July 11 2016, @04:10AM
Granted - the Germans did it before we did. My bad. But, no one rode a V-2, that I'm aware of.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Monday July 11 2016, @04:36AM
Right, I wasn't certain you meant that.
There was a story here not long ago about a British scheme, which came to naught, to have someone travel inside a modified V-2.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday July 11 2016, @04:41AM
Wasn't that Doctor Who? :^)
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Monday July 11 2016, @01:37PM
Faster than sound was always an engineering limit. There are plenty of examples of things that are faster than sound in nature.
There are no examples ever of anything, anywhere, that goes faster than light.
The best you can say is that some theories don't actually prohibit it, but I none of them say how you can do it.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.