"While human space travel is daunting, machines -……" — Seth Shostak
"While human space travel is daunting, machines - with their indefinitely long lifetimes - could travel the galaxy. It might make little difference to them that bridging the distance from one star to the next could take hundreds of thousands of years or more."
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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 bench press per se is not a risky exercise. When done right, it can help improve upper body strength…
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If you build a snazzy alife sim ... you'd be a kind of bridging `first cause', and might even have…
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Lemon Tree is well worth seeing as a first-class artistic achievement bridging two civilizations.
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I'm happy to be on a show that's bridging that gap of 'Okay, I'm not a teenager anymore, I'm a…
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By bridging the literacy barrier through the use of 3D interactive models we overcome the inherent limitations of text. At…
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I believe that our national security lies not just in protecting our borders, but in bridging divides.
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War is the supreme failure of bridging the differences between nations.
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Instead of a pentagon, you have a lot of people that are trained in bridging the difference between nations. Â…
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The first eight years of schooling was with all white people. So that helped me to understand how white people…
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Humor implies a sure conception of the beautiful, the majestic and he true, by whose light it surveys and shape…
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The more clearly we see the infinite chasm between God's glory and our sinful falling short thereof, the greater will…
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By carrying the torch, you will be bridging cultural and social barriers, and all the boundaries that separate nation from…
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