SETI - Disinformationists?, page

reply to post by ajmusicmedia

---

Before you quickly brand Carl Sagan as a disinformationalist, don't forget that he authored "Contact", among other related books. The book (and subsequent film) both explore the idea of mathematical algorithms being used as a universal language between dissimilar interstellar cultures to communicate across vast distances.

Also, along those same lines, CETI, en.wikipedia.org... a part of SETI, is research fostered by Carl Sagan and Frank Drake specifically to address communication with extraterrestrials.

I think Dr. Sagan was one of the pioneers of "skeptical inquiry", and perhaps did little professing publicy of his belief in extraterrestrials, but he did state that he believed in the Drake Equation, which demonstrates the probability of intelligent life in the universe. I think his methods were precise, and I think that when he helped get SETI started in the 70's, that was groundbreaking technology, and not the actions of a person who was a UFO debunker.

His methods were FAR more stringent than any of us employ, but I believe he was searching for the same truths we all are.

Cheers

Chance meeting with a Time Traveler?
  Posted 5 days ago with 90 member flags

"Louisiana sinkhole is wormhole/vortex, and Isaac ain\'t moving" says Elder "spiritual"
  Posted 13 days ago with 25 member flags

Black Helicopter Flying Around My House!
  Posted 17 days ago with 17 member flags

London has that sound again. Happening right now!
  Posted 2 days ago with 14 member flags

Where Does That Leave Me?
  Posted 18 days ago with 13 member flags

Dammit! Time travel AGAIN!!!!!
  Posted 11 days ago with 13 member flags

Strange Sounds Heard From The Sky!! (+Audio/Video)
  Posted 13 days ago with 11 member flags

Did I experience a time rift/portal?
  Posted 5 days ago with 10 member flags

Newest topics, updated in real-time:

Newest topics getting flags, in real-time:

Newest topics getting replies, in real-time: