RE: SETI public: T h e i r B A C K

From: David Ocame (docame_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: Wed Oct 05 2005 - 15:10:20 UTC

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    Hmmm...does this mean that if we find ET we are
    helping to prove the IDer's point? If we don't are we
    helping to prove them wrong?

    Such a double-edged sword id this!

    Dave

    --- LARRY KLAES <ljk4_at_msn.com> wrote:

    > This is doubly ironic, since I have talked to
    > religious fundamentalists who
    > KNOW that we are the only intelligent life in the
    > whole Universe, therefore
    > SETI is pointless.
    >
    > Maybe we should start searching for *real*
    > intelligence on Earth first -
    > it's apparently becoming in shorter supply with
    > every passing day.
    >
    > Larry
    >
    >
    > >From: "James Brown" <Jim_at_Seti.Net>
    > >To: "Public SETI-League" <public_at_setileague.org>
    > >Subject: SETI public: T h e i r B A C K
    > >Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 21:54:49 -0700
    > >
    > >Turns out that you SETI folks are promoting
    > Intelligent Design after all.
    > >This directly from:
    > >
    >
    >http://news.baou.com/main.php?action=recent&rid=20556
    > >
    > >Do you still think that its OK to co-opt what you
    > do in the name of this
    > >nitwit bunch???
    > >
    > >Argus Station: DM12jb
    > >James Brown
    > >W6KYP
    > >Jim_at_SETI.Net [put 'SETI' in subject line]
    > >www.seti.net
    >
    >
    >

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    Dave Ocame, N1YVV
    Awards Chair
    The SETILeague, Inc
    www.setileague.org

    Stony Creek Observatory
    FN31og
    -72.834 longitude
    41.272 latitude
    Member: The SETILeague, Inc. and,
    The Society for Amateur Radio Astronomy (SARA) and,
    The Planetary Society


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