[chezlaw]

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SETI is pseudo science. The arguments used to support continuing to fund it (usually a variation on a formula first written down by Francis Drake) involve so much guess work and approximation that you can get any answer you want. Personally, I believe it's likely there is life on other planets - but there's no scientific basis for that belief. As you say - it's a matter of faith.

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Seti is just an experiment. The idea that there is life out there is a hyopothesis. These are parts of science and are nothing to do with faith.

[The bit that's a bit different is they are looking for evidence rather than trying to disprove anything, so its more of an exploration than an experiment]

chez