SkeptiWatch: SetiQuest and "Strange Bedfellows"

This is an oldie but goodie (August 2008) from Greg Taylor (The Daily Grail, Darklore journals, etc.) on the disconcerting liaison between SETI and (then, now CSI) CSICOP. SETI and CSICOP - Strange Bedfellows. I was prompted to post this because of Greg's current post on The Daily Grail about Dr. Jill "The Moon! The Moon!" Tarter and her creation "SetiQuest."

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Monday, February 15, 2010

SetiQuest and "Strange Bedfellows"

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