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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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If you declare that you are naturally designed for such a diet, then first kill for yourself what you want to eat.…
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God help the teacher, if a man of sensibility and genius, when a booby father presents him with his booby son, and…
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What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth
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The mob is a sort of bear; while your ring is through its nose, it will even dance under your cudgel; but…
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Don't cudgel your brains over my little problems.
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One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn. Do…
— Franz Schubert
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Information is a beacon, a cudgel, an olive branch, a deterrent--all depending on who wields it and how.
— Steven Levitt
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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.…
— Seth Shostak
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Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what you're doing is insufficiently interesting or rewarding…
— Derrick Jensen
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