I know this is likely to bother some folks, but what the heck... I'm always astonished that scientists and lay persons alike are so willing to accept the possibility that intelligent extraterrestrial beings exist, without the remotest shred of evidence, yet at the same time many of these same people dismiss the possibility that God exists although testimonials of persons who claim to have spoken with God and other evidence abound. Carl Sagan was one such person who comes to mind. His stubborn belief in extraterrestrial intelligences and his concurrent denial of God were both laughable in their twisted logic. The bottom line is, why waste resources looking for extraterrestrials without the tiniest bit of evidence that such beings might even exist? Where are the "science" and logic in that? To be consistent, such energy would be just as profitable for earth-bound intelligence if it were spent trying to contact God. Kim Hyatt Architect 1849 East 1300 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 801.631.5228 kimharch@msn.com<mailto:kimharch@msn.com> serius est quam cogitas ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Hards<mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com> To: Utah Astronomy<mailto:utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 10:57 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Re: SETI It would be interesting indeed if the messages were found encoded in genetic material...somebody applies the right algorithm to a gene sequence, and the plans for a starship start printing-out... --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net<mailto:paw@trilobyte.net>> wrote:
Here's what Space Daily had to say on the subject:
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/seti-04g.html<http://www.spacedaily.com/news/seti-04g.html>
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