mikebrotherton.com - 3/15/2009
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Not every scientist has an interest in science fiction or anything resembling the ability to think like a science fiction writer.
I was reminded of this again today in regard to this story about how to focus SETI searches .
Basically, the idea is that it is easier in principle to find and ...
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Scientists Sometimes Need to Think Like Science Fiction Writers …
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Science Could Stand To Learn From Science Fiction [Science And Science Fiction]
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... And then in another post, entitled "Scientists Sometimes Need To Think Like Science Fiction Authors," Brotherton examines a scientific proposal for focusing SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) scans, which is based on the assumption that alien civilizations would be doing the same thing we are: looking for exoplanets when they're eclipsing their suns. (I'm simplifying slightly here.) But science fiction writers will point out that it's a fallacy to assume that these alien civilizations are at the exact same level of technological development as ourselves. Assuming ...
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