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Explorers tend to be the aggressive types - why else would they risk scurvy, mutiny and other bad things to go out there? So, you could say that any aliens that are actually moving and interested in going somewhere are likely to be more aggressive. But who knows?
~ Seth Shostak
Actually
Aggressive
Alien
Any
Bad
Bad Things
Could
Else
Go
Going
Interested
Knows
Likely
More
Moving
Mutiny
Other
Out
Risk
Say
Somewhere
Tend
Things
Types
Who
Why
Would
You
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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. The experiment was called the Dark Ages.
~ Seth Shostak
About
Ages
Approach
Dark
Dark Ages
Experiment
Faith
Inquiry
Matter
Never
Personal
Should
Stifle
Tried
Years
Years Ago
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Five centuries ago, Copernicus upset humanity's applecart with the news that the Earth is not the center of the cosmos. It could be that, before you've paid off your house, we'll learn that the universe is not the center of the universe, either!
~ Seth Shostak
Before
Center
Centuries
Cosmos
Could
Earth
Either
Five
House
Humanity
Learn
News
Off
Paid
Universe
Upset
You
Your
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Five centuries from now - barring unimaginable catastrophe - the moon will be developed real estate. There's economic incentive to exploit the moon - the helium-3 will be useful in powering fusion reactors, and the rare earth elements could supplant the limited terrestrial supply of these materials.
~ Seth Shostak
Catastrophe
Centuries
Could
Developed
Earth
Economic
Elements
Estate
Exploit
Five
Fusion
Incentive
Limited
Materials
Moon
Now
Rare
Real
Supply
Unimaginable
Useful
Will
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Forecasting Armageddon has become trendy of late, with a great deal of attention being given to an interpretation of the Mayan Calendar suggesting that Mother Earth is destined for doom in December of 2012.
~ Seth Shostak
Armageddon
Attention
Become
Being
Calendar
Deal
December
Destined
Doom
Earth
Given
Great
Great Deal
Interpretation
Late
Mother
Mother Earth
Suggesting
Trendy
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Frankly, I'll believe in horoscopes the day I can describe my personality to an astrologer and they tell me what date I was born.
~ Seth Shostak
Believe
Born
Date
Day
Describe
Frankly
I Can
I Was Born
Me
Personality
Tell
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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 signals, despite the fact that our world is the poster child for habitability.
~ Seth Shostak
Alien
Any
Billion
Child
Consideration
Could
Despite
Earth
Fact
Give
More
Our
Our World
Poster
Poster Child
Radio
Signals
Than
Without
World
Years
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Given the tendency of many to picture God's realm as somewhere high above Earth - an idea that sounds suspiciously like the Greek stories of deities perched on inaccessible mountain tops - it may seem plausible to assume that astronomers have special insight. Well, of course they don't.
~ Seth Shostak
Above
Assume
Course
Earth
Given
God
Greek
High
Idea
Inaccessible
Insight
Like
Many
May
Mountain
Picture
Plausible
Realm
Seem
Somewhere
Sounds
Special
Stories
Tendency
Tops
Well
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Heads are a good deal, and I think they would be a common feature. It's hard to think of species that don't have heads, although there are some. It's good to have a head because it puts some of the sensory organs - eyes, ears, whiskers or whatever - next to the CPU, the brain.
~ Seth Shostak
Although
Because
Brain
Common
Deal
Ears
Eyes
Feature
Good
Good Deal
Hard
Head
Heads
I Think
Next
Organs
Puts
Sensory
Some
Species
Think
Whatever
Would
Would-Be
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Here's a news flash: scientists can be wrong. That's no big deal (unless the scientist is you), since research is self-correcting. Consequently, most errors by scientists become historical curiosities, with little long-term importance.
~ Seth Shostak
Become
Big
Big Deal
Consequently
Deal
Errors
Flash
Here
Historical
Importance
Little
Long-Term
Most
News
No Big Deal
Research
Scientist
Scientists
Since
Unless
Wrong
You
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Hollywood usually guesses that extraterrestrials would only be interested in one of three things: (1) They want to breed with us, because their own reproductive machinery is on the blink; (2) They want Earth's resources; or (3) They want the Earth. All of it.
~ Seth Shostak
Because
Blink
Breed
Earth
Extraterrestrial
Guesses
Hollywood
Interested
Machinery
Only
Own
Reproductive
Resources
Things
Three
Us
Want
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Humans have existed only for the last 0.001 percent of cosmic time. All of which says that - unless the Homo sapiens brain is the one-and-only instance of cogitating machinery - nearly all the intelligence that's out there is beyond our level. And that intelligence is more than just a little bit beyond.
~ Seth Shostak
Beyond
Bit
Brain
Cosmic
Existed
Homo
Homo Sapiens
Humans
Instance
Intelligence
Just
Just A Little Bit
Last
Level
Little
Little Bit
Machinery
More
Nearly
Only
Our
Out
Percent
Says
Than
Time
Unless
Which
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I actually think the chances that we'll find E.T. are pretty good.
~ Seth Shostak
Actually
Chances
E.T.
Find
Good
Pretty
Pretty Good
Think
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I got interested in astronomy at the age of 8 because I was looking at an atlas of the planets in my parents' apartment in Arlington, where I grew up. I got a telescope at age 10, which is pretty normal, and by the time I was in eighth grade, I had already seen a lot of cheesy sci-fi films.
~ Seth Shostak
Age
Apartment
Astronomy
Atlas
Because
By The Time
Cheesy
Eighth
Eighth Grade
Films
Got
Grade
Grew
Had
Interested
Looking
Lot
Normal
Parents
Planets
Pretty
Sci-Fi
Seen
Telescope
Time
Up
Where
Which
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I still remember my dismay in the summer of 2007 when - for the first time in the history of planet Earth - America's share of auto production dropped below 50 percent.
~ Seth Shostak
America
Auto
Below
Dismay
Dropped
Earth
First
First Time
History
Percent
Planet
Planet Earth
Production
Remember
Share
Still
Summer
The History Of
Time
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I studied Latin in high school, and I was reading stuff from Cicero. And that signal took a few thousand years to get to me. But I was still interested in what he had to say.
~ Seth Shostak
Few
Get
Had
He
High
High School
Interested
Latin
Me
Reading
Say
School
Signal
Still
Studied
Stuff
Thousand
Thousand Years
Took
Years
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I think a lot of kids are interested in two science subjects: dinosaurs and aliens. The reason is almost genetic; we're hard-wired to be interested in things that might be a little dangerous.
~ Seth Shostak
Alien
Almost
Dangerous
Dinosaurs
Genetic
I Think
Interested
Kids
Little
Lot
Might
Reason
Science
Subjects
Things
Think
Two
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I think there's a lot of intelligence out there, but that's just my guess. Question is: Are they peaceable or hostile? You could say that the peaceable ones are just going to stay at home and play with their Nintendos, so if you do meet any of them, they might be hostile.
~ Seth Shostak
Any
Could
Going
Guess
Home
Hostile
I Think
Intelligence
Just
Lot
Meet
Might
Out
Play
Question
Say
Stay
Stay-At-Home
Them
Think
You
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I you look at the drawings of aliens made by people who believe that Earth is under saucer attack, you'll quickly note that most of these invaders fit the Tinseltown mold. But you have to admit: the grays are highly anthropomorphic.
~ Seth Shostak
Admit
Alien
Attack
Believe
Drawings
Earth
Fit
Highly
Look
Made
Mold
Most
Note
People
Quickly
Who
You
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If aliens are really hanging out in our 'hood, it's hard to imagine any other fact more worthy of study. If not, then why does such a large fraction of the populace insist on believing they're here?
~ Seth Shostak
Alien
Any
Believing
Does
Fact
Fraction
Hanging
Hard
Here
Hood
Imagine
Insist
Large
More
Other
Our
Out
Populace
Really
Study
Then
Why
Worthy
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