{"id":8073,"date":"2014-06-09T20:32:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T00:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8073"},"modified":"2014-06-09T20:32:06","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T00:32:06","slug":"less-giggling-over-searching-for-et","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8073","title":{"rendered":"Less giggling over searching for ET"},"content":{"rendered":"

The search for signs of extraterrestrial life gets fewer giggles when mentioned today in mixed company. Kathleen Toerpe , deputy CEO for Programs and Special Projects at the Astrosociology Research Institute<\/a> and editor of The Journal of Astrosociology<\/a>,\u00a0 writes about the growing acceptance of the search for extraterrestrial life as a serious and worthwhile pursuit : Putting the \u2018Giggle Factor\u2019 to Rest – Centauri Dreams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Once exiled to the fringes of legitimate scientific inquiry by the Giggle Factor, the search for extraterrestrial life has gained new momentum, focus, and funding as the search broadens to encompass the search for microbial, in addition to intelligent, life. In the end, it may be the children who lead the way into a new future for SETI. In his opening statement, Committee Chair Smith reminded the high school students in attendance at the hearing that day that one of the hearing\u2019s purposes is \u201cto inspire students today to be the scientists of tomorrow.\u201d And the noticeable lack of giggling in the room was magic to my ears.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The search for signs of extraterrestrial life gets fewer giggles when mentioned today in mixed company. Kathleen Toerpe , deputy CEO for Programs and Special Projects at the Astrosociology Research Institute and editor of The Journal of Astrosociology,\u00a0 writes about the growing acceptance of the search for extraterrestrial life as a serious and worthwhile pursuit … Continue reading Less giggling over searching for ET<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exoplanets","category-seti"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-26d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14679,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14679","url_meta":{"origin":8073,"position":0},"title":"Video: “Making Contact: Jill Tarter and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence”","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a video of a recent SETI Institute\u00a0event highlighting the release of the book, Making Contact: Jill Tarter and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Jill has been a pioneer in SETI research \u2013 it has been and still is her life\u2019s work. 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