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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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Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and…
— Neil Armstrong
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We tried many times before to speed on the social revolution in Spain; attempted to stir up the feelings of the people…
— Federica Montseny
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We tried war, we tried aggression, we tried intervention. None of it works. Why don't we try peace, as a science of…
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We spent our whole married life in the ultra-competitive world of professional football, Lauren and I had always tried to view it…
— Tony Dungy
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We tried our best to buy Dhoni during IPL 1 but unfortunately failed to do so.
— Vijay Mallya
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Several days in a row we sighted groups of metallic, saucer-shaped vehicles at great altitudes over the base Germany, 1951 and we…
— Gordon Cooper
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The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people, but if we tried to shut up the insane we…
— Mark Twain
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We tried not to age, but time had its rage.
— Patti Smith
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I was the first spokesperson for the Better Hearing Institute in Washington. And that's the message we tried to send out -…
— Norm Crosby
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Lyrically we tried to just not be the same as a lot of the other crap that is out there right now.
— Adam Rich
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We have a constantly-changing portfolio of social media experiments. The first time we tried applying social technologies in a customer service department…
— Sandy Carter
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All last year we tried to teach him (Fernando Valenzuela) English, and the only word he learned was million.
— Tommy Lasorda
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