Detection: thermodynamic stealth (suppressed-variance IR search).
hypothesisdetection_strategyScientific Instrumentation & Sensor Data
Suppress or redirect waste heat (near-ambient / anti-Earth-vented); detect by inverting the search - hunt anomalously isothermal regions (suppressed thermal variance), not hotspots.
Relaxes the assumption active tech leaks a detectable hotspot. The Landauer/2nd-law heat FLOOR sits far below detectability, and directional radiation is allowed. IR surveys equate tech with excess heat, not suppressed variance. HYPOTHESIS.