Comment Yes, it's worth it. (Score 1) 806
Hmm, is pursuing what would be the single greatest discovery, event, achievement in mankind's history worth it? Maybe we should give the money to people who have failed at life? Perhaps we should give it to the government so they can afford to have more $1000 a plate fund raisers to fund more fund raisers. I think I'll got with SETI on this one.
People are too shortsighted. SETI has not been around that long. It's going to take a loooong time to find anything in the vastness of space. Looking for intelligent life in space is like looking for an off-white needle in a pile of white needles. And it happens to be a pile so large that no human can even hope to actually comprehend its dimensions. Of course it's gonna take a while. But if you find that needle, it's greater than the combined worth of everything you've ever created/discovered.
People are too shortsighted. SETI has not been around that long. It's going to take a loooong time to find anything in the vastness of space. Looking for intelligent life in space is like looking for an off-white needle in a pile of white needles. And it happens to be a pile so large that no human can even hope to actually comprehend its dimensions. Of course it's gonna take a while. But if you find that needle, it's greater than the combined worth of everything you've ever created/discovered.
