"No matter how many millions of years separate us from them, they still must obey the iron laws of physics, which are now advanced enough to explain everything from sub-atomic particles to the large-scale structure of the universe, through a staggering 43 orders of magnitude."

I just love when people say that kind of thing. The laws of physics explain everything on the Universe... Except when they fail.

And they do fail a few times. Other times one set of them don't even agree with the other...

But we know all that is to be known about the Universe!

But we know all that is to be known about the Universe!

Except when we don't. :)

"No matter how many millions of years separate us from them, they still must obey the iron laws of physics, which are now advanced enough to explain everything from sub-atomic particles to the large-scale structure of the universe, through a staggering 43 orders of magnitude."

marcosdumay:

Where did this quotation come from? What is it's relation to discussion of Prof. Cleveland's article? Am I missing something?

From Michio Kaku: "The Physics of Extraterrestrial Civilizations" the link provided earlier by Prof. Goose.