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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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Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been…
— J. J. Abrams
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Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
— Ambrose Bierce
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I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no…
— Octavia Butler
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I'm interested in utopian communities of the past. Many of them didn't survive and I'm examining closely the reasons they failed.
— Marina Abramovic
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If things are not going well with you, begin your effort at correcting the situation by carefully examining the service you are…
— Roger Babson
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In judging others a man laboreth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining himself…
— Thomas a Kempis
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The Rat, meanwhile, was busy examining the label on one of the beer-bottles. "I perceive this to be Old Burton," he remarked…
— Kenneth Grahame
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Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do.
— Glenn Close
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Passing just lately over this lake, ... and examining this water next day, I found floating therein divers earthy particles, and some…
— Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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A good deal of my research in physics has consisted in not setting out to solve some particular problem, but simply examining…
— Paul Dirac
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It may be true that the unexamined life is not worth living-but neither is the unlived life worth examining.
— Dan Millman
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It is a right, yes a duty, to search in cautious manner for the numbers, sizes, and weights, the norms for everything…
— Johannes Kepler
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