FALSE. I attended an astronomy conference once upon a time and one of the SETI crew was there. I asked him at what distance they could detect the signals generated by a planet like earth with their equipment. He honestly answered a couple of light years. I said then what's the point of looking futher away. He then answered that they based their search on the assumption that aliens were trying to communicate with us.
The Federal Government hasn’t paid for SETI in years.
So what? At one time it was taxpayers' hard earned dollars pouring down this idiotic rathole. And it has been heavily funded/subsidized by the taxpayers over the years. Who do you think paid for the radio telescope arrays that they use, eh? Plus there are state funds that were used recently - also taxpayers' hard earned dollars
I cannot believe that out of all the stars and planets we are all alone
So what? Who cares? You gonna go visit 'em? You want to visit supposedly intelligent beings who think totally different than us go to Greece.
God gave us the ability to worship him.
Again, what's this have to do with a waste of taxpayer funded resources.
So what?
Lets see, ya got 5,000 government employees per day retiring at 50 years old, on tax paid lottery style pensions, with tax paid top shelf medical benefits, and your hysterical over this?
Come on.....