Reworking the SETI Paradox: METI's Place on the Continuum of Astrobiological Signaling · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2006.01167/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTReworking the SETI Paradox: METI's Place on the Continuum of Astrobiological Signaling — mentioned by ArtWombhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23942861urn:hackerpapers:mention:2006.01167:23942861Fri, 24 Jul 2020 18:23:54 GMT<p>Doesn&#x27;t this render the &quot;SETI v. METI&quot; debate moot? The argument against first contact signalling was presupposed on a security via obscurity argument. We terrans are such an insignificant, technologically primitive speck in the cosmos. That the slightest ping would surely result in our colonization. But now the atomic fact: visitors from distant worlds have arrived. Isn&#x27;t it time at least in theory to develop inter-species communication protocols? Or do we just assume they can read our hearts and minds? Reworking the SETI Paradox: METI&#x27;s Place on the Continuum of Astrobiological Signaling…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2006.01167/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.pop-ph