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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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Mars is far more attractive as an outpost colony for earthlings than the moon is.
— Buzz Aldrin
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I personally chose to go vegan because I educated myself on factory farming and cruelty to animals, and I suddenly realized that…
— Ellen DeGeneres
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We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They…
— Joaquin Phoenix
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I have never really got used to being on this earth. Sometimes I think our presence here is due to a cosmic…
— John Banville
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We need to radically and intelligently reduce human populations to fewer than one billion. We need to eliminate nationalism and tribalism and…
— Paul Watson
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I capture reality, never pose it. But once captured, is it still reality? I've always tried to play with the false impression…
— Richard Kalvar
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We say we are earthlings, not waterlings. Our blood is closer to seawater than our bones to soil, but thats no matter.…
— Tom Robbins
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Ultimately, we actually all belong to only one tribe, to Earthlings.
— Jill Tarter
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The Earthlings behaved at all times as though there were a big eye in the sky—as though that big eye were ravenous…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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That's one thing Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times and concentrate on the good…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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Earthlings went on being friendly, when they should have been thinking instead.
— Kurt Vonnegut
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It appeared to the Elders that the people here would believe anything about themselves, no matter how preposterous, as long as it…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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