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ljk — 7/27/2005 4:27:42 PM (archived)

No, I know just enough on the subject to be dangerous.

Let's just say I've given enough thought to the ideas I have talked about before to realize that while starships crewed with regular Joes (current-type humanity) and hoping that another intelligent species is out there doing SETI (both Active and Passive) the way we are doing it - while certainly not impossible - are ideas that belong to an earlier era.

Another relevant essay:

http://www.cs.usu.edu/~degaris/essays/seti.html

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"The Eerie Sounds of Saturn's Radio Emissions" - Daniel - 7/26/2005 4:33:34 PM
- re: On a similar note - ken murphy - 7/27/2005 3:28:01 AM
  - the current website for this stuff - Daniel - 7/27/2005 5:20:35 AM
- Sounds like the background music in a 1950s sci-fi movie - Larry J - 7/27/2005 1:55:48 AM
  - Forbidden Planet - Robert - 7/27/2005 7:04:10 PM
- re: "Wow!! Better not play this just before going to sleep!!;) (n/t) - Raoul - 7/26/2005 4:40:10 PM
  - just imagine .. - Daniel - 7/26/2005 4:45:07 PM
    - re: just imagine .. - ljk - 7/26/2005 6:14:30 PM
      - What fun would it be if we lost our sense of wonder? - Eri - 7/26/2005 9:38:53 PM
        
        re: What fun would it be if we lost our sense of wonder? - ljk - 7/27/2005 12:53:20 PM
        
        our exploring descendants - Daniel - 7/27/2005 1:21:01 PM
        
        re: our exploring descendants - ljk - 7/27/2005 1:36:01 PM
        
        the reference answers your own question, in a way - Daniel - 7/27/2005 1:46:02 PM
        
        re: the reference answers your own question, in a way - ljk - 7/27/2005 2:12:11 PM
        
        furthermore .. - Daniel - 7/27/2005 2:40:42 PM
        
        re: furthermore .. - ljk - 7/27/2005 4:46:00 PM
        
        same problem for both scenarios - Daniel - 7/27/2005 5:22:42 PM
        
        re: same problem for both scenarios - ljk - 7/27/2005 5:54:29 PM
        
        fine - build a travelling brain if you wish - Daniel - 7/27/2005 2:32:42 PM
        
        re: fine - build a travelling brain if you wish - ljk - 7/27/2005 4:27:42 PM
        
        May I just throw in a thought... - Eri - 7/28/2005 12:07:32 AM
        
        re: May I just throw in a thought... - LJK - 7/28/2005 1:24:54 AM
        
        He can't. That was the whole point of the statement. - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2005 5:10:10 AM
        
        re: He can't. That was the whole point of the statement. - ljk - 7/28/2005 12:06:50 PM

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