SETI Gets A Kick In The Butt
Our friend Mac Tonnies has started a blog at the Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) website. If you are not aware of SETI, it is an organization dedicated to searching the radio spectrum for evidence of extraplanetary transmissions. The group has also typically been skeptical (in an almost fundamentalist manner) of UFO claims and stories.
SETI began as a government-funded project, and now relies on private donations, most notably from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
Mac has already begun to post essays suggesting SETI should broaden its scope of study to include a search for evidence of extraterrestrial artifacts on the Moon and other bodies in the solar system. For all the distaste directed at SETI for its UFO skepticism, their support of Tonnies’ ideas should be applauded.
Update: Mac has written to remind me that the website that hosts his blog is not affiliated with the SETI project headed by astronomer Seth Shostak. This makes me wonder what SETI thinks of SETI.com.
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Feb 18 2008 
February 18th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Man, Mac is almost trying to emmulate the old apostles that went to the East to convert the pagans!
Let’s hope he doesn’t share their fate
February 18th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
HaHa! Good one red pill.
February 18th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
coo. I disagree with probably the majority of what Tonnie says, but he’s thoughtful and articulate. Right or wrong, he’ll stir things up a bit.
February 25th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Greg,
How did you intend for people to give you feedback?
It’s taken me more than an hour to get this far. I just wanted to let you know that I added you to my blogroll at http://gnawingonthespineoflunacy.blogspot.com/.
Best regards,
Mark Yannone
February 25th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Mark,
I’m sorry to hear you had difficulties. It’s the first time I’ve heard of this in relation to our site. What problems did you encounter in registering for the site? I don’t run the technical stuff, but I can inform our webmaster about errors and problems.
Thanks for the link!