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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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The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried,…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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What Black Consciousness seeks to do is to produce real black people who do not regard themselves as appendages to white society.…
— Steven Biko
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What has become alien to men is the human component of culture, its closest part, which upholds them against the world. They…
— Theodor Adorno
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My main goal is to stay alive. To keep fooling myself into hanging around. To keep getting up every day. Right now…
— Henry Rollins
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What . . . is this testimony of Jesus, how can it be acquired, and what will it do for those who…
— Keith B. McMullin
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Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos.
— Maynard James Keenan
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To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility…
— Michel de Montaigne
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Because I was permanently confused, dissatisfied, unhappy, tormented by inadequacy, driven by wanting towards every kind of impossible future, the attitude of…
— Doris Lessing
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It seems obvious that if a species has the brainpower for speech, along with the sort of appendages that can manipulate a…
— Seth Shostak
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