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!
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SETI, Or Not
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SETI, Or Not
by Rommie » Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:09 pm
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Re: SETI, Or Not
by pumpkinpi » Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:48 pm
Party pooper!
JK. Good to hear insight from an expert.
JK. Good to hear insight from an expert.
Too bad ignorance isn't painful.
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Re: SETI, Or Not
by Sigma_Orionis » Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:58 pm
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"
And Pumpkinpi, you just became a Party Pooper, I'm the one that USUALLY says "Party Pooper"
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Re: SETI, Or Not
by Swift » Wed Aug 31, 2016 2:12 pm
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!
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Re: SETI, Or Not
by Rommie » Wed Aug 31, 2016 2:17 pm
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...
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...
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Re: SETI, Or Not
by SciFiFisher » Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:52 pm
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.
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Re: SETI, Or Not
by Rommie » Thu Sep 01, 2016 12:33 pm
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.
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.
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Re: SETI, Or Not
by Loresinger » Thu Sep 01, 2016 4:50 pm
hum perhaps ALiens like bitching sessions LOL
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Re: SETI, Or Not
by squ1d » Thu Sep 01, 2016 7:42 pm
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.
That's not cool. That's like ... anti climactic.
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