Caution

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Caution

phil — 9/27/2006 5:37:32 PM (archived)

Point is...we don't know. Don't even have a clue. So why indulge in adult activities with unknown adult risks when we're barely toddlers, if that?

Let's be mature enough to learn something about the galaxy before we rush forward bleating our presence in acts of utter hubris.

Someone else mentioned that SETI proponents always cite analogies like "Look at how easily simple life started here THEREFORE it's reasonable to assume that such life is common where the environment allows." Fair enough, but these same experts then take exception to citing analogies about what happened to less technical human cultures when a superior technical culture encountered them.

Exploration is a risky activity. Those who go best prepared into the unknown fare best. It's not a macho contest.

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Should SETI Turn Active? - LJK - 9/26/2006 5:31:15 PM
- Calling all Klingons....... (n/t) - Lindy - 9/27/2006 12:18:45 AM
- Terrible idea. - Bowser - 9/26/2006 11:17:06 PM
  - re: Terrible idea. - Vince - 9/27/2006 12:50:22 AM
  - Best lesson for a civilized planet: How Not To Be Seen. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/26/2006 11:36:40 PM
- re: Should SETI Turn Active? - Tom Brosz - 9/26/2006 6:27:31 PM
  - re: The radio window - Fox - 9/27/2006 1:14:12 AM
    - re: The radio window - phil - 9/27/2006 12:05:03 PM
      - So if the "radio window" is really that short, what does that say about SETI? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2006 4:16:43 PM
        
        I sense much fear in y'all - LJK - 9/27/2006 4:54:20 PM
        
        There's only one real reason to invade an inhabited planet. - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2006 11:24:32 PM
        
        Klingons - Lindy - 9/27/2006 10:15:08 PM
        
        My statement on that is that it is raving moonbat lunacy (n/t) - phil - 9/28/2006 2:20:59 AM
        
        Caution - phil - 9/27/2006 5:37:32 PM
        
        re: Caution - LJK - 9/27/2006 5:53:10 PM

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