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Old 09-May-2007, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by A.DIM View Post
He's simply using the accepted assumptions used by SETI scientists and astrobiologists themselves.

And yet here I am "wrong" for essentially doing the same...
Although I very much respect Seth Shostack and the work he does, I think he is "going out on a limb" making predictions without any actual supportive evidence.

What he is doing is speculating, and there is nothing "wrong" with that as long as everyone agrees that it is only speculation.

That's where you seem to be having a problem...separating speculation, and opinion from established fact.
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