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William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
It's time to liven up these moribund boards!! Google National Geographic SETI to find 2 or 3 you tube videos on SETI and the documentary that appears in the recent issue of their magazine. What do you take away from these--what are your thoughts, frustrations, objections, enlightenments and suggestions. I won't weigh in on these right away so as not to bias anyones opinions. I found them provocative and would like to hear from the keen minds that are regular posters here at SETI@Home. The videos were made in 2017 and only run for about 15 minutes. Read the other hits about the current issue of National Geographic's recent article on SETI |
cRunchy Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3 |
William. Give us some links to the videos you are talking about. In that way we might be able to join in or respond to the media you are thinking of. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
I found these The 2017 doc was interesting. |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
I was beginning to think no one was interested. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2019/03/extraterrestrial-life-probably-exists-how-do-we-search-for-aliens/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35GcPZif09U |
Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 998 Credit: 9,101,544 RAC: 65 |
Some videos might be duplicates, but my caffeine is wearing off. Ruth Chao (Writer) : Space's Deepest Secrets (TV Series documentary) (2 episodes) - Expedition Extraterrestrial (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o2CsFjKiGI - Search for Alien Earths (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX-kLE4Dhmw Space's Deepest Secrets - Journey to Alien Earths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz6_UekgG0k 2015 Is Anybody Out There? (TV Movie documentary) (screenwriter) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzQpcm_hWec (looks like it is one of the 1rst two videos but uploaders take liberties with their titles) Where in the Universe are hidden aliens Documentary National Geography 2017 (Origins - NOVA with Neil deGrasse Tyson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TnsMKpIqoM (same vid as last link below, but untruncated) I was beginning to think no one was interested. Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020 |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
Ok good links here ----now let's have some comments. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
I think the NG article is very good. And also learn where the SETI project is heading. However the YouTube videos is perhaps not the best as an illustration. Nevermind:) So now it's called SETI 2.0. Andrew Siemion, the director of the Berkeley SETI Research Center, is ideally positioned to take the search for intelligent aliens to a new level. But as far I can understand it, there is already so much data that cannot be handle because the sheer massive of it. Well it could be fixed in the future I guess... |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
I get the creeping feeling that we have high priests in the SETI endeavor--sort of like unsavory characters such as AL Gore. What do you think. Also while I am at it; why did we blast a "we are here" message to a location some 70,000 light years away. Why not inundate The Proxima Centauri group with a message or two. All of the baloney on the premise that moons may harbor intelligent life would seem to dictate this. I am starting to see that some scientists are listing requirements for life to evolve--especially: atmosphere: magnetic field, water, rocky planet, non tidal locking, non young red dwarfs etc. This will tell us how prevalent Earth-II"s are in the galaxy. I claim five and possibly less that have produced contemporaneous intelligent life. If there were the putative 10,000 then we would have heard them by now--I claim that I am entitled to the same level of uncertainty as has been enjoyed by other prognosticators--most of which are proven wrong by induction --(where are they) |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Well, I was listening to this today. 10 Disconcerting Fermi Paradox Scenarios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbqLDmgRjbk As with all projects. If not getting any results or at least some hints of results after many years. SETI 60 years, Seti@home 20 years... |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
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