This is a bad, bad, very bad idea.
There is no reason to think space aliens would be favorably disposed toward humans.
From the Daily Mail:
- Researchers conducted feasibility study for radical plan to contact alien life
- A laser focused through a telescope toward space could be used as a beacon
- The system could be detected by astronomers as far as 20,000 light years away
- Team said it could be made with existing and soon-to-come technologies
A pair of MIT researchers has proposed a radical method for making our presence known in the universe.In a new feasibility study, the team says it could be possible to use laser technology as a beacon to attract the attention of alien astronomers, much like a planetary-scale porch light.Using a laser focused through a huge telescope, the researchers say this ‘porch light’ could be seen from as far as 20,000 light-years away.
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Previously:
"If we find ET, don’t talk to it, says the man who wants to find ET"
Well duh, even yours truly, stuck here (along with you and everyone else) "In the outer spiral arm, at 40,000 miles an hour, Of a galaxy we call the Milky Way" figured that out.*' **In Other News: Possible Evidence of Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Ignore them. Do not wave back....
