We talk to Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute about the past, present and future of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Seth discussed why he doesn't think the Eerie Silence may be all that eerie, and his own optimism and doubts about detecting ET in the next generation or so.
We also award the third Wow! Signal podcast podcasting seal of approval to: the Weekly Weinersmith. Music is mostly by Cuneiform artist Jason Robinson.
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The SETI Institute
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Big Picture Science
Seth's book: Confessions of an Alien Hunter
Seth Shostak on the last term in the Drake Equation (page 399)
A Google Hangout with Seth Shostak (video)
Carl Sagan explains the Drake Equation (video)
About the Wow! Signal
Is SETI Silly?
A review of Paul Davies' An Eerie Silence.
The Fermi Paradox with Geoffrey Landis
The Weekly Weinersmith
Subscribe to the Wow! Signal Podcast
The script for this episode
The SETI Institute
Donate to the SETI Institute
Big Picture Science
Seth's book: Confessions of an Alien Hunter
Seth Shostak on the last term in the Drake Equation (page 399)
A Google Hangout with Seth Shostak (video)
Carl Sagan explains the Drake Equation (video)
About the Wow! Signal
Is SETI Silly?
A review of Paul Davies' An Eerie Silence.
The Fermi Paradox with Geoffrey Landis
The Weekly Weinersmith
Subscribe to the Wow! Signal Podcast
Congratulations on a very nice interview with great questions and answers; I especially liked Seth's response to the recent Berkeley-led science-paper conclusion, and I always enjoy his trademark witticisms.
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