Re:SETI Needs Your Help to Resume Search for Extraterrestria...
by davidhollander on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @03:26PM
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My point was simply that SETI isn't related to the NASA funding debate, and the OP wanted to connect the two via an emotional space shuttle reference.
>Why don't we devote more to exploration?
Maybe because people are failing to communicate its benefits clearly? For instance, the OP:
war==bad + assertion of disgust --> X==good
X could be anything. ANYTHING. Why aren't we investing more in wooden shoes? Didn't you know war is bad? Even if X==good, I hope people are inoculated against these type of arguments.
>Why don't we devote more to exploration?
Maybe because people are failing to communicate its benefits clearly? For instance, the OP:
war==bad + assertion of disgust --> X==good
X could be anything. ANYTHING. Why aren't we investing more in wooden shoes? Didn't you know war is bad? Even if X==good, I hope people are inoculated against these type of arguments.