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April 24, 2000

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Sometimes, I’m simply in love with the headlines over at The Register. Take this fine example: Privacy Loving Space Aliens Put the Smack Down on SETI. Maybe it’s just the use of the phrase “put the smack down”. However, the real story here is not about SETI’s loss, it’s about racial intolerance. A radio telescope inexplicably explodes, and the first thing we do is blame non-terrestrials. How typically human.

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

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