[O]ne might ask why, in a galaxy of a few hundred billion stars, the aliens are so intent on coming to Earth at all. It would be as if every vertebrate in North America somehow felt drawn to a particular house in Peoria, Illinois. Are we really that interesting?
If you took all the sand from all the beaches, all the desserts, and all the oceans and called that the Universe, our whole solar system would be les… - Seth Shostak
If you took all the sand from all the beaches, all the desserts, and all the oceans and called that the Universe, our whole solar system would be les…
- Seth Shostak
The search for extra-terrestrial life is a failure until that moment when it suddenly becomes a success. - Seth Shostak
The search for extra-terrestrial life is a failure until that moment when it suddenly becomes a success.
The split between religion and science is relatively new. Isaac Newton, who first worked out the laws by which gravity held the planets and even the … - Seth Shostak
The split between religion and science is relatively new. Isaac Newton, who first worked out the laws by which gravity held the planets and even the …
Despite the impression you may have from watching too much TV, movies are not about reproducing reality. Theyre about telling stories. - Seth Shostak
Despite the impression you may have from watching too much TV, movies are not about reproducing reality. Theyre about telling stories.
While about one-third of Americans believe in ghosts, you won't find many exhibits on these spooky beings down at the local science museum. Why? Well… - Seth Shostak
While about one-third of Americans believe in ghosts, you won't find many exhibits on these spooky beings down at the local science museum. Why? Well…
Like prospecting in the 19th century, reconnaissance of the asteroids would of necessity take place in an arena where trouble is likely and help is d… - Seth Shostak
Like prospecting in the 19th century, reconnaissance of the asteroids would of necessity take place in an arena where trouble is likely and help is d…
We're hard-wired by 200,000 years of evolution to be sensitive to the idea that someone might be watching us. They might be predators, after all. An … - Seth Shostak
We're hard-wired by 200,000 years of evolution to be sensitive to the idea that someone might be watching us. They might be predators, after all. An …
The number of habitable worlds in our galaxy is certainly in the tens of billions, minimum, and we haven't even talked about the moons. And the numbe… - Seth Shostak
The number of habitable worlds in our galaxy is certainly in the tens of billions, minimum, and we haven't even talked about the moons. And the numbe…
Five centuries from now - barring unimaginable catastrophe - the moon will be developed real estate. There's economic incentive to exploit the moon -… - Seth Shostak
Five centuries from now - barring unimaginable catastrophe - the moon will be developed real estate. There's economic incentive to exploit the moon -…
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