Why SETI is Bound to Fail

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Thu Dec 14 17:35:30 PST 2000


matt hogan wrote:


> SETI-- search for extraterrestrial intelligence--will NEVER detect aliens in the universe because no alien society, one that has weapons of mass destruction--wants to be detected. In fact, the key to survival is to remain hidden-- to not attract potentially hostile attention from other aliens societies who have weapons of mass destruction.

You're kidding, right? Or *do* some people base their understanding of the world on comic books?

Carrol



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