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(ReacTor) One More Reason the Aliens Might Be Avoiding Us

From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Friday, March 13, 2026 14:09:58

One More Reason the Aliens Might Be Avoiding Us

Is the current location of our Solar System the reason no one's
coming to visit?

https://reactormag.com/one-more-reason-the-aliens-might-be-avoiding-us/
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From Cryptoengineer@3:633/10 to All on Friday, March 13, 2026 11:56:06

On 3/13/2026 10:09 AM, James Nicoll wrote:

One More Reason the Aliens Might Be Avoiding Us

Is the current location of our Solar System the reason no one's
coming to visit?

https://reactormag.com/one-more-reason-the-aliens-might-be-avoiding-us/

I think one of your uses of the work 'lucky' should be 'unlucky'.

pt

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From Tony Nance@3:633/10 to All on Friday, March 13, 2026 15:42:53

On 3/13/26 10:09 AM, James Nicoll wrote:

One More Reason the Aliens Might Be Avoiding Us

Is the current location of our Solar System the reason no one's
coming to visit?

https://reactormag.com/one-more-reason-the-aliens-might-be-avoiding-us/

"Astronomers are terrible at naming things."

You are so wrongity wrong wrong! At least, not when they're making cool
new devices they aren't. They just named a telescope "MOTHRA", for example.

Tony

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