>I am
>saying--as I made clear already--that there is no basis for regarding lasers
>in cosmic telecommunication.
I don't know what your problem is here, Chip. I've already conceded that
the figure of merit for OSETI is low, OK? I don't think that is a reason
to abandon the experiment. If we're only going to do those experiments
with a high probability of success, then we shouldn't be doing SETI at all.
And now, someone else is going to have to continue this argument with you,
or your're going to have to talk to yourself. This whole conversation is
wasting our members' dues dollars. I'm being paid to conduct a search, not
to argue about whether we should conduct it.
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