SETI public: Alien hunters take screen test

From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4@msn.com)
Date: Thu Oct 10 2002 - 13:39:05 PDT

• Previous message: LARRY KLAES: "SETI public: Fw: Eames Office 10/10/02 Day"
• Next in thread: Dr. H. Paul Shuch: "Re: SETI public: Alien hunters take screen test"
• Reply: Dr. H. Paul Shuch: "Re: SETI public: Alien hunters take screen test"

Alien hunters take screen test

The URL address is:

http://www.nature.com/nsu/021007/021007-9.html

Scientists searching for extraterrestrial intelligence are turning to the silver screen to test the Rio Scale, their tool for grading the significance of life signs from space.

In the absence of actual messages from extraterrestrials, they have rated Hollywood blockbusters on the scale from 1 to 10 that they designed to help society comprehend the seriousness of any reported encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence. Films such as Contact, Independence Day and 2001: A Space Odyssey hog the top end of the scale - hinting at how it can be improved, the researchers report.

-----------------------------------------------------------

Nature Science Update - The latest news from Nature's
science writing team, now updated daily at midnight GMT
http://www.nature.com/nsu/
(c) Nature News Service 2000 Registered No. 785998 England.

• Previous message: LARRY KLAES: "SETI public: Fw: Eames Office 10/10/02 Day"
• Next in thread: Dr. H. Paul Shuch: "Re: SETI public: Alien hunters take screen test"
• Reply: Dr. H. Paul Shuch: "Re: SETI public: Alien hunters take screen test"

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.2 : Thu Oct 10 2002 - 13:47:40 PDT