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SETI Is 50 Years Old; No Sign of ET
EagleHasLanded writes "The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is 50 years old next month, and still no sign of intelligent alien life. Paul Davies of the Beyond Center (also Chairman of the SETI Post-Detection Taskgroup) says it's time to re-think and expand the search for ET."
We are trying to find signs of intelligent life off the Earth. Give it some time, people. And try to become civilized yourselves.
Similar to the upcoming US election results
People need to study orders of magnitude [youtube.com] before they get on SETI's case about not finding anything exciting.
Better not: they'd know that SETI is useless and a waste of money.
even just being afraid and try to "defend" ourselves from them (sad, but you never know what spin governments would put on a finding like that)
Government spin? That's the primary purpose for which we should be looking.
Where does this idea of the peaceful alien come from? There has never been mutual cooperation between civilizations or species competing for the same resources. Among civilizations, it has always resulted in destruction or subjugation of the less technologically advanced civilization. We need to be keeping our ears open and our mouths shut.