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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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There are four types of men in the world: lovers, opportunists, lookers-on, and imbeciles. The happiest are the imbeciles.
— Hippolyte Taine
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There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise,…
— Solomon Ibn Gabirol
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Knowledge is not to be taken from four types of people: a foolish person who openly acts foolish, even if he reports…
— Malik ibn Anas
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There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is…
— Umar
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There are only four types of officer. First, there are the lazy, stupid ones. Leave them alone, they do no harm…Second, there…
— Unknown Author
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There are four types: the cretin, the imbecile, the stupid and the mad. Normality is a balanced mixture of all four.
— Umberto Eco
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I love macaroni and cheese. I could eat it every meal of the day. It used to be sushi, but these days…
— Cobie Smulders
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Since we think we understand when we know the explanation, and there are four types of explanation (one, what it is to…
— Aristotle
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A few weeks later, I’m in a fluorescent-lit classroom in Chelsea awaiting the start of the official Mensa test. I’m sitting next…
— A. J. Jacobs
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Consider: The human genome consists of about 3.3 billion base pairs. Since there are only four types of pair, that amounts to…
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