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And one more thing...
re: And one more thing...
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5/10/2006 3:34:42 PM
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SETI: Reality Check
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ljk
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5/8/2006 7:41:18 PM
One nit-picky point
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alcaray
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5/9/2006 10:05:35 PM
re: One nit-picky point
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henry
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5/9/2006 10:09:30 PM
re: SETI: Reality Check
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Henry Cordova
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5/9/2006 6:31:37 PM
re: SETI: Reality Check
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Robert
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5/9/2006 9:34:14 PM
re: SETI: Reality Check
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Henry
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5/9/2006 10:40:02 PM
The solution may be to search where there is "nothing" visible
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ljk
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5/10/2006 3:48:02 PM
re: The solution may be to search where there is "nothing" visible
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henry
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5/10/2006 5:46:37 PM
Don't give up on pulsars yet
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ljk
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5/10/2006 6:54:16 PM
re: Communication
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Raoul
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5/9/2006 9:55:52 PM
Squeezing through narrow pipes
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Robert
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5/9/2006 10:23:42 PM
re: Squeezing through narrow pipes
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Raoul
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5/10/2006 5:45:39 AM
tool-using sapients
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Robert
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5/8/2006 8:24:53 PM
more
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Robert
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5/8/2006 9:02:30 PM
Millions of species on Earth, we haven't made meaningful contact with any of them
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SDF
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5/9/2006 4:46:41 PM
meaningful contact
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Robert
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5/9/2006 5:06:23 PM
Perhaps because they aren't as smart as we are.... It should be easy then, shouldn't it.
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SDF
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5/9/2006 4:51:32 PM
Make an appointment with Polynesia the Parrot for lessons.
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Tom Brosz
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5/9/2006 5:33:19 PM
Whales being killed by humans = not too smart?
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ljk
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5/9/2006 6:39:51 PM
re: Whales being killed by humans = not too smart?
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Tom Brosz
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5/9/2006 7:27:32 PM
re: "exhibits nothing approaching imaginative action"
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alcaray
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5/9/2006 9:16:09 PM
And one more thing...
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Tom Brosz
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5/10/2006 12:36:59 AM
re: And one more thing...
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ljk
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5/10/2006 3:34:42 PM
"laying low" like whales?
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alcaray
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5/10/2006 3:25:24 PM
There are levels of imagination, of course.
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Tom Brosz
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5/10/2006 12:12:22 AM
Communication not the same as training
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SDF
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5/10/2006 12:28:49 AM
re: Communication
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Tom Brosz
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5/10/2006 12:33:32 AM
Reward/Punishment feedback not possible with SETI
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SDF
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5/10/2006 1:33:37 AM
Intelligence = killer instinct?
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Robert
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5/9/2006 9:15:55 PM
re: killer instinct
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Tom Brosz
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5/10/2006 12:28:48 AM
re: killer instinct
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ljk
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5/10/2006 11:08:05 AM
re: Whales being killed by humans = not too smart?
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ljk
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5/9/2006 7:51:13 PM
Still not following
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Robert
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5/9/2006 5:07:53 PM
Japan To Sell Whale Meat To Hospitals And Bars After Expanding Kill Quota
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ljk
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5/11/2006 5:27:01 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.