Why we have never detected intelligent life forms in space OR how i'm a fucking genius.

[Laissez!Laissez]

The answer lies in Dyson Spheres.

For those who are uninformed, a Dyson sphere is a spherical construct built around a star.

[IMG]http://www.daviddarling.info/images/DysonSphere2.gif[/IMG]

It encloses the sun, essentially collecting its energy.

Now, why haven't we detected any intelligent extraterrestrial life? [I]Because we're looking in the wrong place.[/I] They're all [I]inside[/I], hiding along the inside the inner surface of the sphere, blacking out the star along with it. that's why we don't see/sense them.

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[xxxkiller]

Infact, a quick check on wikipedia thaught me that a dyson sphere would most likely emit infared light, allowing us to detect them rather easily, as a pure infared light source emiting nothing else but infared light would be very easy to filter out and very strange.

[BloodYScar]

what

[Missing User]

I think it's because we're looking in the wrong place too. However, my theory is that the aliens are the politicians on planet Earth.

[keroba2]

You didn't invent the Dyson spheres.

[michaeldim]

Also, a solid shelled (as in perfect sphere) Dyson structure is near impossible to create, maintain, and use. It's more likely a Dyson net or something more practical would be used, meaning the star would still be detectable.

[L'ordinateur]

Hmmm... This reminds me of a thing I did one time.

[I Broke The Sun]

-snip-

[nERVEcenter]

I think it has more to do with the fact that FTL communication is impossible without discovering ancient gateways built by a long-lost race of sentient starships with which they will eventually invade and ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL.

[RaveRaze]

[QUOTE=L'ordinateur;24362159]Hmmm... This reminds me of a thing I did one time.[/QUOTE]

This reminds me of that Invader Zim episode where they captured planets to feed their dieing star

[Laissez!Laissez]

[QUOTE=michaeldim;24362156]Also, a solid shelled (as in perfect sphere) Dyson structure is near impossible to create, maintain, and use. It's more likely a Dyson net or something more practical would be used, meaning the star would still be detectable.[/QUOTE]

a perfectly enclosed space would trap all energy, a dyson net would allow more energy to escape. with sufficiently advanced material, the former would make more geometric sense.

also, a sphere is a very strong shape, structurally.

[bravehat]

[QUOTE=Laissez!Laissez!Laissez!;24362062]The answer lies in Dyson Spheres.

For those who are uninformed, a Dyson sphere is a spherical construct built around a star.

[IMG]http://www.daviddarling.info/images/DysonSphere2.gif[/IMG]

It encloses the sun, essentially collecting its energy.

Now, why haven't we detected any intelligent extraterrestrial life? [I]Because we're looking in the wrong place.[/I] They're all [I]inside[/I], hiding along the inside the inner surface of the sphere, blacking out the star along with it. that's why we don't see/sense them.[/QUOTE]

Thread titles wrong, should be: "how I'm a retard and don't know about the black body radiation phenomena and that I don't know that life would be cooked alive in a dyson sphere that emits no light."

But mines is long winded.

[MBGrimm]

Dyson triangles are stronger

[Laissez!Laissez]

[QUOTE=bravehat;24362237]Thread titles wrong, should be: "how I'm a retard and don't know about the black body radiation phenomena and that I don't know that life would be cooked alive in a dyson sphere that emits no light."

But mines is long winded.[/QUOTE]

I didn't say I was completely sober when I come up with my crackpot epiphanies.

[EoB]

They don't exist because God wills it.

[BurnBlackJay]

[QUOTE=Laissez!Laissez!Laissez!;24362271]I didn't say I was completely sober when I come up with my crackpot epiphanies.[/QUOTE]

Nah nah you're 10 years old

[InstantKill]

[QUOTE=xxxkiller;24362124]Infact, a quick check on wikipedia thaught me that a dyson sphere would most likely emit radiation, allowing us to detect them rather easily, as a pure infared light source emiting nothing else but infared light would be very easy to filter out and very strange.[/QUOTE]

Indeed

[Roll_Program]

You are not a genius and you are not the first person to think about Dyson Spheres.

[BloodStream]

That was an incredibly silly suggestion.

[Luxo]

Dyson Sphere's always seemed like soft science fiction trying to be hard science. Something that large would literally require dozens if not hundreds of full planets worth material. Regardless of a race's technology level, that would require hundreds of years of labor to completely disassemble a planet and separate it's usable material from unusable material. Let alone the legendary levels of complexity associated with all the whole concept.

[Murk]

Yes, we're looking in the wrong place in this 4 billion novemdecillion cubic miles big universe.

[CoolCorky]

[img]http://www.steamd.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dyson_ball.jpg[/img]

oh sorry you said dyson [i]sphere[/i]

[Enth]

I was hoping this thread would be about vacuum cleaners.

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Ass ass fuck you ninja

[Canuhearme?]

I don't think you realize just how much energy they'd be trapping.

Unless the race's planet literally glows due to energy consumption, then I don't think they'd need a dyson sphere to solve their energy problems.

[Laissez!Laissez]

[QUOTE=Luxo;24362507]Dyson Sphere's always seemed like soft science fiction trying to be hard science. Something that large would literally require dozens if not hundreds of full planets worth material. Regardless of a race's technology level, that would require hundreds of years of labor to completely disassemble a planet and separate it's usable material from unusable material. Let alone the legendary levels of complexity associated with all the whole concept.[/QUOTE]

welcome to speculative engineering.

[OMGWorms]

[img]http://www.uprightvacuumguide.com/images/truth-dyson.jpg[/img]

Suck the aliens up, clean their planet and bring them home to study.

No but I totally agree with your theory.

[Block]

[QUOTE=Laissez!Laissez!Laissez!;24362062]
Now, why haven't we detected any intelligent extraterrestrial life? [I]Because we're looking in the wrong place.[/I] They're all [I]inside[/I], hiding along the inside the inner surface of the sphere, blacking out the star along with it. that's why we don't see/sense them.[/QUOTE]

Even if the star would be dark, it would have a gravitational field. This type of trapped star would be like a black hole. I suppose we could accidentally stumble upon one when looking for black holes so your "we're looking in the wrong place"-argument kinda falls there.

[Awesomecaek]

Or maybe we didn't find them because we barely see the planets, not to mention anything on them.

[editline]03:22PM[/editline]

Hell, we still don't know if there isn't a hidden life in our own solar system, for example on Europa.

[Fetret]

[QUOTE=Laissez!Laissez!Laissez!;24362271]I didn't say I was completely sober when I come up with my crackpot epiphanies.[/QUOTE]

Don't go blaming drunkenness for your stupid (or crackpot as you put it) ideas!

[The Mighty Boat]

[QUOTE=Laissez!Laissez!Laissez!;24362271]I didn't say I was completely sober when I come up with my crackpot epiphanies.[/QUOTE]

i miss the days when PUI was ban-on-sight.

[editline]04:26PM[/editline]

also, retardedness is not drunkenness