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Jill Tarter: 30 Seconds On Why We Search For Aliens

We should be searching for life beyond the earth because we want to understand what the laws of chemistry and physics have produced in this universe. Are we the only life there is? Are we the only intelligent species, or are we one of many? How do we fit in? It’s a very old question, humans have asked it, and we want to find the answer.

It is that simple and profound.

Cosmic Anthropology for Beginners.

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