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Some of you may have heard some BS flying around about a SETI signal being discovered.

News flash: it's probably not.

Slightly more interesting: a friend of a friend was writing an article for Smithsonian Magazine about it, and ended up in touch. So I got quoted here! Yay!

Party pooper!

JK. Good to hear insight from an expert.

You got quoted? you were the only person quoted in the entire piece!

And Pumpkinpi, you just became a Party Pooper, I'm the one that USUALLY says "Party Pooper"

Rommie wrote:Slightly more interesting: a friend of a friend was writing an article for Smithsonian Magazine about it, and ended up in touch. So I got quoted here! Yay!

Yeah, true story- today is technically my last day of work. (From here on out, I am a "guest.") Wasn't planning on sending it around, but the other outreach guy in my dept sent around his stuff, so ended up doing so.

At this point let's pause a sec and contemplate this strange universe where the fact that I can discuss a scientific claim with a major research magazine goes down as a bad thing...

Rommie wrote:Yeah, true story- today is technically my last day of work. (From here on out, I am a "guest.") Wasn't planning on sending it around, but the other outreach guy in my dept sent around his stuff, so ended up doing so.

At this point let's pause a sec and contemplate this strange universe where the fact that I can discuss a scientific claim with a major research magazine goes down as a bad thing...

Why am I not really surprised. It seems that human nature is really pretty universal no matter where you go.

If I've learned anything lately, it's that people see what they want to see.

Like, I am obsessing lately because my sister is having a baby shower next month, and I would really, really want to take a week off to see her and my family but also rest. But it's not clear yet, because even though I am unemployed as of today but still at my desk, there is serious worry that I will come across as not "dedicated enough." Even though I haven't taken off a week since Christmas, which is kinda crazy in Europe, and no one gives a fuck about the other PhD student who shows up at noon each day or everyone else who took off several weeks this summer.

As I said, people see what they want to see. Which I really wish meant I could then just toss off others and not care what they think in this situation, but yeah...

Btw, sorry a casual discussion of aliens turned into another bitching session about my situation.

hum perhaps ALiens like bitching sessions LOL

I read the story, and thought immediately that I bet no Scientist on Earth actually thought it was ET. And then it wasn't.

That's not cool. That's like ... anti climactic.