At 04:00 PM 11/8/01, Alberto Monteiro wrote: >Jeroen wrote: > > > >I am not an expert in this field, so I cannot comment on the scientific > >validity of his claims, but this sounds quite a lot like a scientist being > >angry because SETI gets funding and he does not. > > >Which is a perfectly valid reason for being angry, because >SETI may be bogus while there are important science >projects deserving funding :-P
Given the tiny amount of funding that SETI gets now (the scene of Jodie Foster's character in "Contact" begging for funding is one of the things in the movie that, sadly, cannot be dismissed as "artistic license"), what "important science projects" do you deserve the funding more and would benefit from dividing up the tiny crumb of the pie that is SETI funding at present? (And, yes, I noticed the :-P ) -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
