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Seth Shostak has 67 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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There is little chance that aliens from two societies anywhere in the Galaxy will be culturally close enough to really 'get along.'…
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There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ... If the…
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The search for extra-terrestrial life is a failure until that moment when it suddenly becomes a success.
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[O]ne might ask why, in a galaxy of a few hundred billion stars, the aliens are so intent on coming to Earth…
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The number of habitable worlds in our galaxy is certainly in the tens of billions, minimum, and we haven't even talked about…
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In the 19th century, if you had a basement lab, you could make major scientific discoveries in your own home. Right? Because…
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The stars look the same from night to night. Nebulae and galaxies are dully immutable, maintaining the same overall appearance for thousands…
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Faith is a personal matter, and should never be a cudgel to stifle inquiry. We tried that approach about 1,200 years ago.…
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The ideas of science germinate in a matrix of established knowledge gained by experiment; they are not lonesome thoughts, born in a…
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A century ago, scientists believed there was only one obvious stomping ground for alien biology in our solar system: Mars. Because it…
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Everything you see is filtered through your visual system (imperfect) and your brain (also imperfect, despite what your mom told you). Witness…
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Give consideration to the fact that alien astronomers could have scrutinized Earth for more than 4 billion years without detecting any radio…
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Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children…
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Most of the time one is discouraged by the work, but now and again by some grace something stands out and invites…
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Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes…
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In war the will is directed at an animate object that reacts.
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I notice my wife when she's on the phone with her friends, man they will share every animate details of their lives…
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At this stage you must admit that whatever is seen to be sentient is nevertheless composed of atoms that are insentient. The…
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The earth's becoming at a particular period the residence of human beings, was an era in the moral, not in the physical…
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I share the belief of many of my contemporaries that the spiritual crisis pervading all spheres of Western industrial society can be…
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It cannot for a moment be doubted that an art work to be alive, to awaken us to its life, to inspire…
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The general struggle for existence of animate beings is not a struggle for raw materials, these for organisms are air water &…
— Ludwig Boltzmann
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We are more connected than ever before, more able to spread our ideas and beliefs, our anger and fears. As we exercise…
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The aeroplane is the nearest thing to animate life that man has created. In the air a machine ceases indeed to be…
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