SHOUTING AT THE COSMOS...Or How SETI has Taken a Worrisome Turn Into Dangerous Territory

Hello Gang,
Here is a very interesting report by Dr. David Brin an astronomer and science fiction writer entitled "SHOUTING AT THE COSMOS ...Or How SETI has Taken a Worrisome Turn Into Dangerous Territory " concerning the Dangers of SETI.

Alex Michael Bonnici

http://lifeboat.com/ex/shouting.at.the.cosmos
SETI the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence has long occupied a unique niche in modern intellectual life, at the same time both widely popular and a bit obscure, combining serious and far-reaching science with a kind of gosh-wow zeal that seems (at times) to border on the mystical perhaps as much religious as a product of science or science fiction. Indeed, to some, the notion of contact with advanced alien civilizations may carry much the same transcendental or hopeful significance as any more traditional notion of "salvation from above".