ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

Bob Sneidar bobs at twft.com
Mon Mar 26 18:13:08 EDT 2012


The leap from cave to field is not even comparable to the leap from terrestrial to extra-terrestrial. You can always get back to the cave from the field in time for supper. :-)

Bob


On Mar 26, 2012, at 2:30 PM, Pete wrote:

> All I can say, Bob, is if the great thinkers, scientists, and philospohers
> of the years had that attitude, we'd still be living in caves.
> Pete
> 
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com> wrote:
> 
>> This discussion can happen at all because of the human mind's inability to
>> focus on and balance very many things at one time and measure a thesis
>> against all other things that could weigh upon it. We simply do not possess
>> the wisdom and mental faculty to treat such a subject.
>> 
>> No, my friends, I think all conversation along these lines is so
>> incredibly presumptuous, it is staggering when you really begin to think of
>> everything we take as a given or gloss over when discussing such things.
>> Sorry all you Star Trek fans, and anyone else I have likely offended. I
>> love science fiction as much as the next person, but I think any race of
>> beings wise enough to comprehend the real logistics of space travel or
>> communication across such great distances would conclude right away that it
>> was a total waste of their limited resources, better spent on improving
>> their own state of affairs.
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Pete
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