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Singularity University Lectures: Science Searches for ET by Seth Shostak

by Socrates
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Last week Seth Shostak came to speak to Singularity University on how Science Searches for ET. I have to say that Seth’s presentation was not only the funniest but also one of the most interesting ones that we have had so far.  It is for this reason that I asked him to let me post his lecture on singularity podcast and he not only agreed but even supplied copies of his presentation slides. Hope you enjoy it and find it as funny as I did. Seth’s Slide Presenation Who is Seth Shostak? Seth is the Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute, in Mountain View, California. He has an undergraduate degree in physics from Princeton University, and a doctorate in astronomy from the California Institute of Technology. For much of his career, Seth conducted radio astronomy research on galaxies, and has published approximately sixty papers in [...]

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The Singularity and UFOs: Can ET Teach Us Anything about the Singularity?

by Nikki Olson
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The connections between extraterrestrial life and future technology are numerous, and have been widely discussed in science fiction literature and by physicists such as Michio Kaku. There is basic logic to the connection: if life in other galaxies is able to travel to our galaxy, it is thought, then we should assume their technology is more advanced than our own and that they have already reached their ‘Singularity.’ Recently I attended the 20th Anniversary International UFO Congress in Scottsdale, AZ, which included 5 full days of presentations, special events, and films, attracting over 700 attendants. Various theorists, physicists, former military personnel, many of whom claim to have witnessed extraterrestrial life, presented ideas and stories on a wide range of topics. I was surprised by the lack of discussion of the technological singularity at the conference. However many of the presentations [...]

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