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Is SETI Worth It?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the lights-are-on-but-no-one's-home dept.

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?"

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  1. Re:Madlibs! by Silverlancer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm moderated troll, and someone responds with the usual rebuttal to my point...

    Is Slashdot's sarcasm-detector broken today?!

  2. Re:Find a cure for cancer first by scottv67 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you can write a program that will find a cure for cancer given enough computing power, I'm sure people would be happy to donate it.

    Ask and ye shall receive:

    http://folding.stanford.edu/

    Dr. Pande's group will find cures for diseases given enough computer power. Download the client today and start Folding!