[FPSPACE] Re: SETI public: Search for Extraterrestrial Visitation (SETV): A Scientific Search for Visitation From Extraterrestrial Probes

[Daniel Boyd Fox]

I looked at the pages and was not impressed.  I would be interested in
taking a look at Dr. Paul LaViolette's book though, just to see what his
arguments are and if they look reasonable.  I will say a lot of what I saw
on his webpage was what I consider pseudo-science.  

The Open SETI pages argued that SETI was not scientific.  They argue that
no hypothesis are tested and no data is gathered.  I guess they don't
consider setting limits on the distribution of interstellar science as
science.  

73,
Daniel Fox
KF9ET



On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Alex Michael Bonnici wrote:

> Search for Extraterrestrial Visitation (SETV): A Scientific Search for
> Visitation From Extraterrestrial Probes
> 
> Hello Gang,
>             I found a number of interesting articles concerning the
> Search for Extraterrestrial Artefacts, in particular Bracewell/Von
> Neumann at the following web site: http://www.setv.org/  and also some
> interesting references concerning Dr. Paul LaViolette's theories on the
> possible  artificiality of Pulsars, and there use as Interstellar Radio
> Beacons at the OPEN SETI web site:
> http://www.zeitlin.net/OpenSETI/Opening.html in particular at the
> following sub page:
> The Forgotten Challenge: Pulsars
> http://www.zeitlin.net/OpenSETI/OSPulsars.html. Dr. Paul LaViolette also
> has his own web site at: http://www.etheric.com .
> 
> Is anyone taking any of LaViolette's ideas seriously? To be quite frank
> The Welcome to the Sphinx Stargate and The Open SETI pages seem to
> combine pseudoscientific ideas with mainstream science. There is allot
> of reference given to the ideas recently popularize by Robert Bauval and
> Graham Hancock concerning lost civilizations, Atlantis, and Global
> Catastrophes.
> 
> Does anyone here have any background information concerning Dr. Paul
> LaViolette?
> 
> Alex Michael Bonnici
> 
> httop://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8505
>