tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post5237671481673625487..comments2023-10-30T04:16:25.917-04:00Comments on Sentient Developments: SETI's Seth Shostak: Alien hunterGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-8602248139749656542009-05-17T13:20:00.000-04:002009-05-17T13:20:00.000-04:00For the record, Shostak do consider post-singular ...For the record, Shostak do consider post-singular civilizations. See his latest book, confessions of an alien hunter.Martin Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889102674534999108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-71574930229695186142009-05-13T14:35:00.000-04:002009-05-13T14:35:00.000-04:00Cognitive dissonance relates to the concept of bei...Cognitive dissonance relates to the concept of being exposed to information or having experiences that conflict with our existing base of “what we know.” The theory holds that our minds are not always flexible or rational when it comes to evaluating uncomfortable information or questioning our own beliefs.<br /><br />The theory holds that “dissonant cognitions” will cause us to dismiss or alter conflicting information or add justification to one side or the other—not necessarily rationally—in order to regain psychological balance. It’s an important concept to consider in terms of the way people block things out or justify things to themselves.<br /><br />disclosureproject.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-66883541436789906692009-05-12T13:09:00.000-04:002009-05-12T13:09:00.000-04:00How exactly does he ignore post-singularity civili...How exactly does he ignore post-singularity civilizations ?<br /><br />Shostak has spent most of his working-time involved with aliens and finding them, and then he is not interesting in really finding them ?<br />It's absurd.Martin Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889102674534999108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-88402549893685190252009-05-12T01:36:00.000-04:002009-05-12T01:36:00.000-04:00Martin I think George's point is that Shostak's vi...Martin I think George's point is that Shostak's view ignores post-singularity civilizations, which is naive and money driven.Stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10835576436476674707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-61056134359556434022009-05-11T16:30:00.000-04:002009-05-11T16:30:00.000-04:00Hunting your mum isn't sport any more Anissimov.Hunting your mum isn't sport any more Anissimov.Romulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00189871056766320681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-34081430309741331862009-05-11T16:09:00.000-04:002009-05-11T16:09:00.000-04:00SETI is BS. Maybe Seth Shostak should become a MI...SETI is BS. Maybe Seth Shostak should become a MILF Hunter or a Bigfoot Hunter instead.Michael Anissimovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06217926458888484768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-71193940815099544892009-05-09T17:22:00.000-04:002009-05-09T17:22:00.000-04:00You are way out of line here George..
Is you view...You are way out of line here George..<br /><br />Is you view of how many ETI's there are, better than Shostak's ?<br /><br />Shostak didn't say anything new in this clip, so why this attack ?<br /><br />I thought you were smarter than this.Martin Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889102674534999108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-12197369124385835852009-05-09T09:05:00.000-04:002009-05-09T09:05:00.000-04:00Yeah it's absurd isn't it, that we're looking for ...Yeah it's absurd isn't it, that we're looking for a type of creature that will only have existed for a maximum of a few hundred years...as that's surely the limit a civilisation has between technological revolution and post-humanism.Stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10835576436476674707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-84442739905659421582009-05-08T23:12:00.000-04:002009-05-08T23:12:00.000-04:00I miss Carl.I miss Carl.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-2995268045981343052009-05-08T19:09:00.000-04:002009-05-08T19:09:00.000-04:00If SETI continues to be run on a shoestring budget...If SETI continues to be run on a shoestring budget, it will continue to give shoestring-size results.Athena Andreadishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650180659001228746noreply@blogger.com