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Title: News Of SETI Signal Just Bad Reporting
Source: Slashdot
URL Source: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/17/163209
Published: Jan 17, 2008
Author: http://www.badastronomy.com/
Post Date: 2008-01-17 22:26:14 by robin
Keywords: None
Views: 63
Comments: 4

News Of SETI Signal Just Bad Reporting

Posted by

Zonk

on Thursday January 17, @12:44PM
from the always-looking-to-the-future-to-the-horizon dept.

Sci-Fi

Science

The Bad Astronomer writes "Rumors have been flying in recent days that the SETI project has received a strong signal from space, indicating the possibility of intelligent extraterrestrial life. Bad Astronomy breaks down the origins of this (false) claim, which mostly amounts to a heaping helping of shoddy journalism. 'I just talked to Dan Wertheimer, the astronomer quoted in the article. He told me that the original interview was about sending signals into space (so-called active SETI) as opposed to just listening for aliens. After the interview, he talked to the reporter about some of the astronomy he does, including looking at what are called radio transients: bursts of radio waves that are seen once and never repeat. These may come from one-off events like colliding neutron stars, exploding stars, and so on. Somehow, in the article the reporter mixed up the observation of the transient signals with detecting a signal from E.T.'"

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#1. To: robin (#0)

He told me that the original interview was about sending signals into space (so-called active SETI) as opposed to just listening for aliens.

This always has bothered me. People who are supposedly scientists, understanding that by the logic and knowledge of the day that things in the universe have evolved under similar circumstances everywhere, have this idiotic idea that any other sentient species out there aren't at least as warlike and bent on expansion as we are. While it may be that case, it's not the brightest idea to go broadcasting happy bullshit from a piece of the most prime real estate out here on the Galactic rim.

Just what we need on top of dealing with a pack of assholes in our government, a Plark "world scrubber" parking in orbit to stake a claim...

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Get ready to DIE earthing scum.

Signed the Tom007villians.

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