What I did was to leave a note on the SETI Institute's
web page. That should should suffice and hopefully
those comments will find their way to the right person.
I'll look up Tom Pierson too.
Al
> "Dr. H. Paul Shuch" wrote:
>
> At 07:46 PM 2/1/99 -0800, Alfred A. Aburto Jr. wrote:
>
> >Unfortunately Dr Shuch, the SETI Institutes definition
> >of the Drake Equation is not self-consistent!
>
> Although you're well aware of this, Al, some of the members of this open
> List are not, so let me state:
> The SETI League, Inc. is not affiliated with the SETI Institute in any
> way. We do not speak for them (and I hope, they will not attempt to speak
> for us.)
>
> >Perhaps we should contact someone at the SETI Institute
> >(Seth Shostak?) ...
>
> Seth is personable and knowledgeable, and would certainly have an opinion
> on the question at hand. OTOH, he is also a rather busy man, who may not
> have the time or energy to enter into a debate with non-professionals. He
> is, after all, *not* a member of this list. I would respectfully suggest
> that the question might more appropriately be addressed to my conterpart,
> SETI Institute executive director Tom Pierson, who happens also to be a
> SETI League member (and can thus be considered sympathetic to amateur
> SETIzens).
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