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Originally Posted by m21sniper
The real limiting factor with radio waves is their slow speed.
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Originally Posted by varmint
radio waves can travel forever. but they move very slowly.
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Slow? Um...how fast would you like them to travel?
SETI is a small group that is essentially independently funded now. They use equipment that was mothballed, and run low power, low man-power jobs with it. I wouldn't call them "dullard" by any means. Yes, they are looking for coherent signals from other planets, no they don't particularly expect to find them, but looking is pretty easy.