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Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous
I used to be all for SETI, but have come to think of it as a colossal waste of time and money.
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Fortunately a lot of SETI can be piggy-backed on existing radio telescopes so the amount to spend on such research is far less compared to optical and robotic exploration.
SETI along with other forms of astronomy are all based on user preference and the passion we all feel when we look to the star in what ever way we want. That is the true beauty of astronomy.
Along as there are radio telescopes around there will always be SETI and it would be good to see if there is real intellegent life out there or whether we are destined to destroy ourselves into exstinction.