"If this is the only planet on which……" — Seth Shostak
"If this is the only planet on which not only life, but intelligent life, has arisen, that would be very unusual."
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67 Quotes by Seth Shostak
Seth Shostak has 67 quotes on this site.
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There is little chance that aliens from two societies anywhere in the Galaxy will be culturally close enough to really…
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There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ...…
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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…
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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…
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In the 19th century, if you had a basement lab, you could make major scientific discoveries in your own home.…
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The stars look the same from night to night. Nebulae and galaxies are dully immutable, maintaining the same overall appearance…
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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…
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The ideas of science germinate in a matrix of established knowledge gained by experiment; they are not lonesome thoughts, born…
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A century ago, scientists believed there was only one obvious stomping ground for alien biology in our solar system: Mars.…
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Everything you see is filtered through your visual system (imperfect) and your brain (also imperfect, despite what your mom told…
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Give consideration to the fact that alien astronomers could have scrutinized Earth for more than 4 billion years without detecting…
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The world has been evolved, not created: it has arisen little by little from a small beginning, and has increased…
— August Weismann
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Evolution... is the most powerful and the most comprehensive idea that has ever arisen on Earth.
— Julian Huxley
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What, then, is this new man, the American? They are a mixture of English, Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, and…
— J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
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Let no man of us budge one step, and let slaveholders come to beat us from our country. America is…
— David Walker
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Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is…
— Ludwig von Mises
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I had no idea, however, that in Pennsylvania, the cradle of toleration and freedom of religion, it [fanaticism] could have…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Everything that is of authentic value in life has arisen out of meditation. There is no other way. Meditation is…
— Rajneesh
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Your remarks upon chemical notation with the variety of systems which have arisen, &c., &c., had almost stirred me up…
— Michael Faraday
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The world has arisen in some way or another. How it originated is the great question, and Darwin's theory, like…
— Louis Agassiz
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All scientists agree that evolution has occurred-that all life comes from a common ancestry, that there has been extinction, and…
— Lynn Margulis
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We could use up two Eternities in learning all that is to be learned about our own world and the…
— Mark Twain
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There is the theory that all the living forms in the world have arisen from a single source which itself…
— Unknown Author
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