Wednesday, January 12, 2011

And now for something completely different, thank God

Greg Easterbrook with a masterful review of the literature on SETI, the origins of life and whether or not we really want any extra terrestrials to find us.  Of course judging from recent rhetoric, I am beginning to wonder whether there's any intelligent life down here.  


Beam me up Scotty, quick!

Addenda:  I note now that this is from 1988.  Some of the things he talks about (no planets around other stars) have now been superseded by new facts.  But all in all a good article.

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