[GodGunsGuts]

Ping!

[econjack]

His achievements have been more motivational than empirical. He founded a search for “signals of intelligent origin” in space that has found nothing since his first attempt in 1960.

I see nothing wrong with such efforts. The fact that SETI has not found anything doesn't mean that its contribution is zero. It means that we know that even a concentrated effort to monitor all wave lengths for intelligent communication has not discovered a meaningful message. Research for an Alzheimer's cure has produced nothing that has reduced the severity of the disease, but should we take that to mean we should stop such research? If SETI can find funding for its efforts, I hope they continue their work. Given that the universe is 13.4 billion years old, signals from the far side of the known universe could take billions of years to get here. The fact I will never hear them does not make the effort to discover them unwarranted.

[bpjam]

Raise Money by Accomplishing Nothing (where do I sign up!)

ooooooppss....I thought the Obama Presidential Campaign was hiring again.

[Brouhaha]

“Raise Money by Accomplishing Nothing (where do I sign up!)”

http://change.gov/

I hear they’re hiring.

[editor-surveyor]

Truly one of the greatest scams of all time; listening for what common sense says is not there.