1) Message boards : News : Dan Werthimer at the U.S. House of Representatives (Message 1521390) Posted 26 May 2014 by Alan L. Falk Post: I just watched the video and I'm very impressed that at least several of the committee members had some serious, thoughtful questions and seemed to understand the answers. As I watched the presenters, I found only one small thing disappointing: they both missed an opportunity to allay some of the potential fears that were hinted at regarding "what if they're not friendly?" Point could have been made that, if they're advanced enough to receive, decode and 'figure out' ANY or all of the stuff we've been squirting into space for about seven decades ANYWAY, they still have to GET HERE to hurt us, and that would also imply space travel technology that we only have in science-fiction movies. If anything, that should inspire some research and funding for faster-than-light "drives" for future spacecraft. Without that, we're at higher, though miniscule risk and the discovery of ET's is just a fun idea, other than for the really good reasons the SETI representatives presented. And yes, I run SETI on my PC, along with several other of the BOINC apps.

 
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