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Re:What Do We Do If SETI Is Successful? by mousefriend on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @08:56PM (#45663756)
Your infantile understanding of science is a terrible citation of 'evidence'.

By your logic:

"I looked in every volcano on Earth, and was unable to find life. This is evidence that Earth is a lifeless husk."

Also by your own logic:

"We've looked at handful of... planetary orbits(?!)... and have yet to find a single 'signpost' of civilization. This is evidence of absence."

Learn how to gracefully admit when you are wrong, and stop doubling down on ignorance.

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Re:What Do We Do If SETI Is Successful? by kulahan on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @01:51PM (#45672704)
Your infantile reading comprehension is a terrible counter to my comment.

>"I looked in every volcano on Earth, and was unable to find life. This is evidence that Earth is a lifeless husk."

How did you pull that out? This is a terrible analogy.

>"We've looked at handful of... planetary orbits(?!)... and have yet to find a single 'signpost' of civilization. This is evidence of absence."

Also not remotely what I said. I'll assume this is just a troll account and move on.

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