The Search for Intelligent Life in the Cosmos
Saturday, May 1, 2021, 7:00 pm
The Search for Intelligent Life in the Cosmos
Saturday, May 1 @ 7:00 PM via Zoom
Contact Linda Bergemann (LBergemann@aol.com) for Zoom Meeting link and information.
It has been nearly 60 years since the first attempt to sift the skies for radio signals that would betray the existence of intelligent beings beyond Earth. So far, nothing has been heard.
Why? Could it be that we simply need to give these experiments more time to examine additional star systems? Or should we put more emphasis on other strategies?
In this talk, we discuss the fundamental assumptions that underlie our current SETI searches, and how we might expand our efforts to lessen their inherent limitations. What else should we be doing to look for E.T?
We will also consider the anthropocentric nature of the experiments so far, and suggest how our conservative assumptions about E.T.’s nature and behavior may be hindering our attempts to find him.
