Eamonn KerinsNov 12, 2022

Great to have so much interaction from the thread I did yesterday about #GameTheory strategies for the detection of #ExtraTerrestialIntelligence.

https://astrodon.social/@eamonn_kerins/109327400145858571

Maybe every Friday should be #AlienFriday!

Thought it'd be useful to get to know the views of people tuning into these posts. So, below, a thread of 7 polls of your views on #SETI.

They'll stay up for a week. If you'd like them to have a statistical rigor that #ProfJohnCurtis would be proud of then please #boost to others.

Eamonn Kerins (@[email protected])

So, it's time to talk about #aliens. Is the search for #intelligent #life just an impossible search for a microscopic pin within a mountain-sized haystack? Or is there a way to try and be smart about how we search? A thread about some work I've been involved with that addresses this question... (1/n) If you enjoy the thread, and you think others may do too, then please #boost it!

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Show threadEamonn KerinsNov 12, 2022
Do you think there is, or ever has been, life on other worlds that we would recognise as intelligent?
Yes, surely there has to be
81.9%
No way
2.4%
I'm on the fence
14.2%
Really not bothered
1.6%
Poll ended at .
Show threadEamonn KerinsNov 12, 2022
Is it worthwhile listening out for the possibility of signals transmitted by an alien civilisation?
Yes, we'll learn something
90.3%
No, it's a waste of time and/or money
6.3%
Don't really care
3.4%
Poll ended at .
Show threadWill Ross
@eamonn_kerins I do care but I don't know.
Nov 13, 2022 at 12:53pmWeb
Show threadEamonn KerinsNov 13, 2022
@TwistedByKnaves
It's interesting, a lot of people have the same reservation about expressing opinions based on little or zero knowledge (ie beliefs). Yet I think we all do this subconsciously all the time in our every day lives. Eg we often form an opinion of someone just on their appearance or a short conversation. Holding beliefs is pretty instinctive, even if often completely wrong. For this poll I'd say don't worry about being wrong. None of us have the answers.