My first, naïve thought was that this was the legacy of America's frontier history. Innovation and the occasional gamble on a long shot were necessary and sometimes essential in an unsettled environment. So perhaps SETI sat more comfortably on American shoulders than on others. Hmmm... Perhaps he is on to something.
1 posted on
05/08/2008 12:15:15 PM PDT by
chaos_5
To: chaos_5
Frank Drake is a neighbor of mine. Extremely intelligent man...........and I had to giggle when I found out he likes square dancing. Heheheh.
To: chaos_5
Why is SETI nearly exclusively an American game? Maybe a massive radio antenna tasked to look for 'alien life' is really just a cover?
3 posted on
05/08/2008 12:18:53 PM PDT by
mnehring
To: chaos_5
SETI is at best wishful thinking and at worst it's own religion. Taxpayer dollars should not be spent on it.
There's plenty of wishful thinkers with cash out there who I'm sure are more than willing to foot the bill for what is in reality an enormous waste of time.
4 posted on
05/08/2008 12:21:41 PM PDT by
GunRunner
To: chaos_5
Actually, the Dutch are closer to the Americans in this regard then many of their European neighbors. The Greeks, French, Belgians, Italians, and Germans are even more inclined to avoid uncertainty then residents of The Netherlands. (Only the British do substantially better: In fact, their score is lower than the Americans'.) ... Meanwhile, I note that both India and China score lower than the U.S. on Hofstede's index. What is the coorelation between age and uncertainty avoidance? On average the European countries are older than us while China and India are younger.
8 posted on
05/08/2008 12:50:00 PM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(Pray for Rattendaemmerung: the final mutually destructive battle between Obama and Hillary in Denver)
To: chaos_5
For those whom may be interested:
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
Why let your home computer waste millions of CPU cycles running a screen saver when it could be analyzing SETI data? Computer users from around the world are able to participate in this major scientific experiment.
Have a blast, actually I thought Seti was the father of Ramesses II, during the 19th dynasty.
9 posted on
05/08/2008 12:51:35 PM PDT by
7mmMag@LeftCoast
(The DNC and Rino's: they put the CON into congress everyday.)
To: chaos_5
12 posted on
05/08/2008 12:56:14 PM PDT by
ASA Vet
(Do we really want either Huma Abedin or Michelle Obama answering the White House phone at 3 AM?)
To: Quix
14 posted on
05/08/2008 1:14:15 PM PDT by
The SISU kid
(I feel really homesick all the time & so do all the other aliens.....)
To: chaos_5
Do we even want to make contact with a space faring culture? If they can travel between the stars in a reasonable amount of time then chances are they could paste us flat without a great deal of effort no matter how many nukes we lobbed.
Or maybe I’ve been watching too many old Twilight Zone episodes and they make me paranoid. The whole “To Serve Mankind” deal being a cook book made quite an impression on me when I first saw it.
To: chaos_5
16 posted on
05/08/2008 2:41:27 PM PDT by
LiteKeeper
(Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
To: chaos_5
It's because the aliens are already here and living in Remulak, a small town in France. They don't want to be exposed.
-PJ
27 posted on
05/09/2008 2:29:00 PM PDT by
Political Junkie Too
(Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
To: chaos_5; Las Vegas Dave; Quix
I think they’re too busy building madrassas, imposing 30 hour work weeks, and buying up US gov’t securities. ;’)
30 posted on
05/09/2008 10:37:09 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Monday, April 28, 2008)
To: chaos_5
Interesting, the whole premise behind SETI is a wholesale rejection of Darwinist evolutionary theory. Wonder if they ever consider that?
34 posted on
05/10/2008 2:25:57 PM PDT by
joebuck
(Finitum non capax infinitum!)
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