SETI again

that is assuming that in a race will find a way beyound the light
barrier by the time they are a thousand years more advance than us.
what if they find the way to explore the galaxy is to leave their
bodies behind, and evolve into something that does not need planets
any more?

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Combs, Mike"
>
> From: spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of joe@...
>
> > On Jul 21, 2006, at 16:57 UTC, Douglas May wrote:
> >
> > > Despite the long odds, I would not be surprised at all to
someday
> > > encounter a spacefaring civilization at approximately the same
level
>
> > > of advancement as us.
> >
> > Then I think you haven't really contemplated how long the odds
are.
> > I would be astonished, since if you do the math, you find that
such
> > a situation is nearly impossible.
>
> A good analogy here might be that one might walk into a room of 20
> people, and, against the odds, find somebody else as old as you.
But
> the odds of them also being born on the same day as you are much,
much
> smaller.
>
> By extension, the odds of finding a civilization with only a 1
million
> year head start on us might not be terribly long. But the odds of
> finding one with only a thousand year head start on us are
vanishingly
> small. And I daresay a technology even a millennia more advanced
than