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Extra-terrestrials?

Posted By: Daniel Murphy
Date: Tuesday, 5 August 2008, at 1:05 p.m.

In Response To: Extra-terrestrials? (Chuck Bower)

Unfortunately we've yet to find anyone to replace Sagan....

Alas, no. The man was wise and exciting and prolific. I haven't read Other Worlds or UFO's, a Scientific Debate but I was enthralled by Intelligent Life in the Universe when I first read it some 35 years ago. This year I enjoyed his last published book, The Varieties of Scientific Experience, posthumously published in 2006. It's a version of his 1985 Gifford Lectures, the same lecture series that Williams James turned into a similarly titled book in 1902.

For those who would like to delve into the topic further

there's Michael Shermer's Why People Believe Weird Things and the very good How to Think About Weird Things by Theodore Schick and Lewis Vaughn.

Messages In This Thread

• Extra-terrestrials?
  Stanley E. Richards -- Saturday, 2 August 2008, at 6:51 p.m.
  • Extra-terrestrials?
    Mislav Radica -- Saturday, 2 August 2008, at 7:06 p.m.
    • Extra-terrestrials?
      stw672 -- Saturday, 2 August 2008, at 7:26 p.m.
  • Extra-terrestrials?
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 2 August 2008, at 7:20 p.m.
    • Ice is intelligent? *NM*
      Chuck Bower -- Monday, 4 August 2008, at 4:23 p.m.
  • It depends ...
    Achim -- Saturday, 2 August 2008, at 7:29 p.m.
    • Sufficient data required
      Stanley E. Richards -- Saturday, 2 August 2008, at 9:47 p.m.
      • Sufficient data required
        Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 4 August 2008, at 6:34 p.m.
  • Extra-terrestrials?
    Stick -- Sunday, 3 August 2008, at 9:24 a.m.
    • Extra-terrestrials?
      Chuck Bower -- Monday, 4 August 2008, at 4:29 p.m.
    • Extra-terrestrials?
      Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 4 August 2008, at 5:33 p.m.
    • Extra-terrestrials?
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 5 August 2008, at 10:11 a.m.
      • Extra-terrestrials?
        Stick -- Tuesday, 5 August 2008, at 10:51 a.m.
        • Extra-terrestrials?
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 5 August 2008, at 7:33 p.m.
    • Extra-terrestrials?
      Daniel Murphy -- Wednesday, 6 August 2008, at 11:19 p.m.
  • Extra-terrestrials? %
    garyo -- Monday, 4 August 2008, at 7:22 a.m.
  • Extra-terrestrials?
    Chuck Bower -- Monday, 4 August 2008, at 4:45 p.m.
    • Extra-terrestrials?
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 5 August 2008, at 10:08 a.m.
    • Extra-terrestrials?
      Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 5 August 2008, at 1:05 p.m.
  • Members who believe are scared to speak
    Stanley E. Richards -- Tuesday, 5 August 2008, at 10:48 p.m.
    • Members who believe are scared to speak
      happyjuggler0 -- Wednesday, 6 August 2008, at 2:46 a.m.
      • Members who believe are scared to speak
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 6 August 2008, at 5:18 a.m.
    • Members who believe are scared to speak
      happyjuggler0 -- Wednesday, 6 August 2008, at 2:51 a.m.
    • ETs and dice
      Tom Keith -- Wednesday, 6 August 2008, at 2:33 p.m.