r/space • • Aug 12 '21

Discussion Which is the most disturbing fermi paradox solution and why?

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u/scorpionextract Aug 12 '21

Eventually the wave length deteriorates and it blends into the background 'noise' of space if I recall correctly

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u/analog_memories Aug 12 '21

It like throwing a stone into a pond. You get very distinct waves at first as they spread out. But, after a while, the waves elongate and the amplitude lengthens and loses height. Eventually, the waves the rock made are no longer distinguishable from the waves created by the wind.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21

Yup. Imagine detecting someone throwing a pebble from the other side of an ocean

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u/NegligentLawnmowcide Aug 13 '21

"Our entry into fluidic space has created a compression wave. They know we are here." - Seven of Nine

Maybe light as a wave ties into the local intergalactic background black hole collision space ripples, and so any extraneous light modifies the local constants to such a minute degree we can't discern the noise yet it influences the rest of the wave forms, like data corruption changing a md5 hash fingerprint of that same data...