SETI Finds Funds For the Allen Telescope Array (For Now) 137
Ransak writes "It looks as if SETI has met its short term funding goal to restart the Allen Telescope Array. Is crowdsourcing the long term future of pure research projects?"
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This is the way it's supposed to be (Score:5, Interesting)
SETI, like all other religious endeavours, should be funded on donations by its adherents alone. The government has no business subsidising it.
And yes, SETI is about as scientific as Intelligent Design. The whole fundament of SETI is a belief that something must be out there, with no better theoretical basis than the Drake Equation.
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Re:Welcome to the libertarian viewpoint. (Score:2, Interesting)
And who says we need roads all over the planet? They're truly a scourge on the environment. Maybe we don't need roads to go right up to people's houses- they could drive and park to a spot and then walk 15 mins to their house. Either that or get public transport.
The current mess with cities is due to government over-regulation. Urban planners agree that suburbanism (suburban means less than urban FYI) is ugly. It was Jane Jacobs who asked "Are we building cities for cars of for people?" If the free market doesn't pay for it then maybe you should think that maybe it isn't needed.
Your internet argument is moot given that people can lay their own wires or easily route around using satellite dishes.
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