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Originally Posted by alfa015
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When anyone brings up the subject of SETI.....who, BTW was a great Egyptian Pharaoh too....I'm always diffident in my response, simply because those ETs (if they actually exist) my not be benign. Indeed, they may be hostile, so broadcasting our existence to all and sundry, is perhaps not entirely wise. I'm aware that every electronic broadcast that man has made since the beginning, is out there, but do we really need to advertise our presence by beaming signals on frequencies that the broadcast spectrum doesn't cover?
IMHO, this is yet another example of American belief in the essential 'goodness' of everything. Quite juvenile, IMO.