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Is SETI Barking up the Wrong Tree?
Seth Shostak rounds up the top four reasons people suggest for why SETI hasn’t found a signal. Humerous and informative. Plus it mentions the Fermi Paradox, so it *must* be good.My SETI Profile
I love to look at the stars and ponder life's big question and hope that one day other life will be discovered.ET leftovers
ET has left sometlhingJust the Facts: Three SETI Myths
I don't think that word means what you think it meansHow Much Does SETI Require Robots?
"In each artificial life creation story, there is always a cautionary line - questioning the right of humankind to create a consciousness that would otherwise not be present in our universe."SETI: Don’t Expect an Alien Sitcom
"...our transmissions are unlikely to be received at any great distance. And that makes a search for accidental TV-like emissions even from relatively nearby stars problematic."We've made the maps. Now it's time to colonise.
2006-03-19 20:44 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/17/space_ames_world/What are the chances of aliens sniffing us out?
"[SETI] could potentially be risky for Earth and its inhabitants. So researchers are developing a Richter-like scale to assess the chance that extraterrestrials could detect – and potentially reaThe Case for ‘Accidental’ SETI
"...the Mileura Wide-Field Array gives us the chance to piggyback SETI on the back of a well-funded area in cosmology, looking at a significantly different part of the spectrum than existing SETICombing the Cosmos at High Speed: The Allen Telescope Array
"SETI is akin to discovery science, despite its ... presumption that the extraterrestrials exist, because that hypothesis is not falsifiable. A failure to receive a [signal] from space doesn’t saReconsidering SETI and the Drake Equation
"If evolution is the correct theory for the emergence of life on Earth, then SETI will be one of the weakest and most dangerous enterprises of mankind." Sober thoughts on SETI at Centauri DrShould SETI Turn Active?
Listen in silence or wave across an empty hallway? Centauri Dreams seeks your opinions on the SETI/METI question.SETI: Consuming Our Way to Silence?
"Thus Miller’s answer to the Fermi Paradox — SETI won’t work because alien civilizations are all addicted to computer games and runaway consumerism."Water Worlds in Known Planetary Systems
"...according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder and Pennsylvania State, solar systems with hot Jupiters may well harbor Earth-like planets covered with deep oceans."Stepping up the search for ET
Good article looking at both sides of the SETI argument (blind faith and hopeful science), including interview snippets. Via Centauri Dreams.When Does SETI Throw in the Towel?
"It’s a simple truth, although one not universally acknowledged, that SETI is still in its early stages. Consequently, many of its practitioners will tell you that this is a multigenerational expListening for ET
"Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics are proposing a new method that could detect Earth-like civilizations around the 1,000 nearest stars."Of Faith and Facts: Is SETI a Religion?
Science or faith based wish-fulfilment? You decide.SETI’s Paradox and the Great Silence
"One reason our SETI searches may be turning up nothing is that everywhere in the cosmos, civilizations exist that are much like ours. [...] They are listening rather than transmitting."Search for alien signals stalls for want of cash
"Construction of the Allen Telescope Array, named after its chief benefactor, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen, will halt at the end of this year unless further funding is found.&qWith NASA Budget Cuts Looming, SETI Eyes Private Funding
"With NASA expected to reduce expenditures on astrobiology by half in the year ahead, the SETI Institute [...] is seeking private money to help support the nearly 50 scientists it has on staff...
