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Is this scientist speaking to you?

The impulse to attribute any odd astronomical phenomena to extraterrestrial intelligence is so compelling it's practically its own law of physics. But jumping to "aliens" at the slightest mention of a strange signal kind of misses the point, Méndez said. Not everything has to come from aliens to be cool. Space is full of sights we don't yet understand, sounds we haven't quite explained. Sure, the possibility that they're signs of life beyond Earth is thrilling, but so, too, is an encounter with any new natural phenomenon. And even when supposedly strange stuff in space turns out to be something mundane, that realization helps astronomers fine-tune their instruments and improve their surveys of the skies. (Emphasis added)

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Topic - Is this scientist speaking to you? - bjh 15:47:54 07/20/17 (18)

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