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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 fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
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According to one account of the New York City schools during the 1950s: The teacher could not technically hit the child, but…
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You've got to push yourself harder. You've got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You've got to take the…
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When you write, you lay out a line of words. The line of words is a miner's pick, a wood carver's gouge,…
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As photographers, we live through things so swiftly. All our experience and training is focused toward snatching off the highlights... That all…
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Physicist Isador Isaac Rabi, who won a Nobel Prize for inventing a technique that permitted scientists to probe the structure of atoms…
— Richard Saul Wurman
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[M]y wish is, that the Convention may adopt no temporizing expedient, but probe the defects of the Constitution [i.e., the Articles of…
— George Washington
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NASA even sent Chuck Berry's music on a space probe searching for intelligent life in outer space. Well, now, if they're out…
— William J. Clinton
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Because of various security lapses, some senators are calling for a probe of the security at the offices of the Department of…
— Amy Poehler
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Do you realize that the 850 billion dollar bank bailout, that sum of money is greater than the entire 50 year running…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears.
— Edith Wharton
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A soul does not benefit from the sacrament of confession if it is not humble. Pride keeps it in darkness. The soul…
— Mary Faustina Kowalska
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