of course you are right, gary ! seti ranks with the many religions humans
dream up. the worst of them which is the religion belief, coined "creation
". of all the religious dogma it gets the prize... second prize "seti "
hummm... on second thought .... maby seti runs neck and neck... oh.. well
they are both baloney. in all seriousness... we must admit that humans have
an enormous imagination ...one that drives them to dream up a religion or
belief and then be willing to kill to defend it ...maby the human
imaginatin should be the # 1 subject of study
for the human race ! one thing for sure ... religions and overpopulation is
fast on its way to destroying the inhabidents of this faze of earths
evolving organisms . WOW! having said all that ... ben franklin said that
the worst ... the very worst thing one can do to his friends is to tell them
the truth about what they are realy like ! and that what they believe is
pachyderm dreck !
john l. mccowen
174 duck rd.
fitzgerald, ga.
31750
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary McMurtry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <europa@klx.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: Active SETI Is Not Scientific Research
A bit off topic, but interesting op-ed. I didn't know about SETI being
active; I thought it was mostly passive, a much safer approach.
Personally, I'm wildly optimistic that SETI will never achieve its goals.
Therefore, there's no need to get worked up about aliens visiting us with
mal intent, although the concept is great fodder for entertaining science
fiction (War of the Worlds, etc., etc.). If you have no opinion or
disagree, please read "Rare Earth" by Peter Ward and David Brownlee and
get back to me.
One last thought: any civilization capable of responding would likely not
be too interested in us. I mean, really, what do we have to offer? Some
pretty glass beads? People are so full of themselves.
Gary
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