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Comment on SETI & the risk of downloading a malicious virus from outer space

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If you run the numbers on signal strength there is only a tiny number of stars that are close enough that we could receive anything that was not sent directly to us using a stupidly powerful and tightly focused beam. As in if there where a repeater on the closest star that sent out a 1 to 1 copy of every omnidirectional radio signal from earth we would not be able to hear it.

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