Is SETI Worth It?

njdube sent in this Space.com story about the money behind SETI that opens, "It's a risky long shot that burns up money and might never, ever pay off. So is searching for intelligent creatures on unseen worlds worth the candle? After all, aren't there better ways to use our monies and technical talents than trying to find something that's only posited to exist: sentient beings in the dark depths of space?"

Comments

The gods must be crazy too

[flyingfsck]

Look at all the money wasted on religion. The pursuit of non-existent super beings makes SETI pale into insignificance. Why has no-one brought a class action lawsuit against churches for defrauding their members?

Re:S.E.T.I

[Basehart]

I hope the real nasty people eater species of aliens out there only have an appetite for true believers like Pat Robertson and his ilk. I can see them now lined up behind the pearly gates, knee deep in blood and guts.

Absolutely Not

[crhylove]

It's absolutely NOT worth it. We should buy more "Mother of all Bombs." I would rather scare the terrorists. All the same size and damage as a small nuke, but none of the fallout! "Take that unborn children shot full of depleted Uranium in foreign lands!!!"

Yeah, SETI is a retarded idea. Let's cut that one. Let's also cut the space program altogether, and go back to the pony express, while we're at it.

rhY