SETI scientist optimistic or arbitrary?
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I predict … oh well, I can predict just about anything if I make enough arbitrary assumptions can't I?
If intelligent life exists elsewhere in our galaxy, advances in computer processing power and radio telescope technology will ensure we detect their transmissions within two decades. That is the bold prediction from a leading light at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute in Mountain View, California.
Optimistic forecasting may aid in fundraising.
ET first contact 'within 20 years
Richard Evans Lee • July 25, 2004 • Reader, what do you think?
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