>that we are, right now, gathering the data that will result in the first detection of extraterrestrial life
I agree; although bio-signatures may be the most currently poignant way of predicating the existence of life, there is almost always a suspicion of doubt - since its impossible to prove a negative - that some signatures may actually be of natural origin.
Techno-signatures, however, colossally mute that chance; and I hope we happen upon that vicissitude in our lifetime, however astronomically improbable that may be, from out light cone, to another.
OK, but you get that there are multiple whole fields of academic study on these topics, right? Loeb didn't conceive of any of this stuff; the field for the most part doesn't really need our ideas or intuition on where they should be looking (unless you want to put the work in to contribute to the field yourself).
I agree; although bio-signatures may be the most currently poignant way of predicating the existence of life, there is almost always a suspicion of doubt - since its impossible to prove a negative - that some signatures may actually be of natural origin.
Techno-signatures, however, colossally mute that chance; and I hope we happen upon that vicissitude in our lifetime, however astronomically improbable that may be, from out light cone, to another.