Comments on: SETIcon II: public conference about space, extraterrestrial life, and imagination

By: Vimana Boy

Vimana Boy — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:08:00 +0000

Do some reading, come back with a bibliography that includes those two books, and you’ll at least have an *informed* opinion on the subject. Or you can continue to regurgitate the unscientific status-quo of scientismic dogma as represented ably by the likes of Nye and Shostak, whose heads are planted firmly up their own rear ends.

By: Romeo Vitelli

Romeo Vitelli — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:12:00 +0000

Probably best to listen to people who aren’t delusional.

By: Vimana Boy

Vimana Boy — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:20:00 +0000

*yaaaaawn* Who wants to listen to a bunch of smug, pompous, irrelevant old-guard denialists like Nye and Shostak?

The real action is at: http://amzn.to/OjTNYR and http://amzn.to/KMfTp8

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:25:00 +0000

Anyone heard of the band playing there on Friday night?

By: darkjayson

darkjayson — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:54:00 +0000

Will it be webstreamed?

And also broadcasted out into space?

By: Jim Saul

Jim Saul — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:31:00 +0000

Along these lines, the Curiosity rover lands on Mars August 6th. While no one expects it to immediately reveal proof of microbial life (past or present), the tools it carries makes such a rapid discovery quite possible.

Beyond the many amazing long-term impacts such a discovery would have on society, I’m wondering how it would affect the American presidential election, if the discovery comes just short weeks before the vote.