"David Woolley" <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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In article <o%hfb.210$kC7.34376748@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>,
Alfred A. Aburto Jr. <aburto@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

"Reason" <pjohn@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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Radio is a crude and inefficient means of communication.

This implies that there is something better.  There is no sound reason
to believe that.  There is a lot of wishful thinking in this area,
of course.

I find wishful thinking to be abundant in most debates on this issue, which
of course, most often derails the likelihood of an accurate discovery of the
truth.

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To the original troller, I think you will find that the professionals do
have a good idea of how difficult their task is; its not one you go into
if you want a guarantee of a famous discovery.  One of the concerns they
had with SETI@Home is that it might make the public think a detection
likely and therefore disillusion them when they learnt the truth.

I think that this "voyage of discovery" has been drifting about aimlessly
for many years now without much of anything to show for it's efforts. I
welcome a second generation attempt which addresses the many flaws of the
first.