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81. Why Bother Searching for Aliens?

People I (Mostly) Admire

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A Very Optimistic View of Humanity

Astrophysics has told us that it actually takes a cosmos to make a human. So we have this intimate connection with far away places and long ago events. It's also true that much of what we do in astrophysics has no particular tangible benefit to us. We don't know that it will be poss to stabilize our climate yet. With setti, if it succeeds, you have an answer. You immediately know that it's possible to have a long future and that it's worth while trying to get there.

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