SETI--a waste of time!

Frank J. Tipler

doi:10.1117/12.631213

6 August 1993 SETI--a waste of time!

Frank J. Tipler

Proceedings Volume 1867, The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in the Optical Spectrum; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.631213
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

I outline the three basic reasons for believing that we are alone in the Galaxy, and possibly alone in the visible universe. I argue that the experimental evidence for our uniqueness as intelligent beings is sufficiently great to make SETI a waste of time and money.

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Frank J. Tipler "SETI--a waste of time!", Proc. SPIE 1867, The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in the Optical Spectrum, (6 August 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.631213

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