But as I always like to ask, how else are we going to search for
intelligent life
in the Universe? Wait for it to come knocking on our door? And
star probes are
not going to happen any time soon. SETI at least offers us some
chance of
picking up something from out there.
Larry
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Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 5:02
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Subject: Re: Active SETI Is Not
Scientific Research
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
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From: "Gary McMurtry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
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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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