signals from civilizations that would be quite far away. there s to danger in that, of course. you tune in the radio, you don t have to worry about the deejay jumping into your home and giving you a hard time. that s a completely harmless sort of thing and interesting because it would tell you whether earth is really, really special, or whether there is enormous quantities of life out there. larry: but, david, one thing is has done with stephen hawking about it, it has opened many eyes, hasn t it? oh, yes. the problem is that everybody seems to have their own idea, of course, of what aliens ought to be like. we all say of course our broadcasts have already been detected by now. when seth himself has calculated and most of the astronomers have calculated that our tv broadcasts actually dissipate pretty soon after they leave our solar system. it s these narrow beams that are being sent out from taxpayer-paid observatories like
we all say, of course, our broadcasts have been already been detected by now. when seth, himself, has calculated and most of the astronomers have calculated that our tv broadcasts actually dissipate pretty soon after their leave our solar system. it s these narrow beams that are being sent out from taxpayer-paid observatories. like arasibo and in ukraine that are causing the fuss. without consulting the taxpayers, without consulting the governments, without consulting fellow scientists at all in other disciplines. these people have taken it upon themselves to act on their assumptions that aliens are universally altruistic and it s not the beamed messages we object to, those of us who have been decenting lately, but rather the arrogance of not talk ing to anybody else on this
of course what aliens ought to be like. we all say of course our broadcasts have already been detected by now. when seth himself has calculated and most of the astronomers have calculated that our tv broadcasts actually dissipate pretty soon after they leave our solar system. it s these narrow beams that are being sent out from taxpayer-paid observatories like aricebo and ukraine that are causing the fuss. without consulting the taxpayers, without consulting the governments, without consulting fellow scientists at all in other disciplines. these people have taken upon themselves to act on their assumptions that aliens are universal universally altruistic. it s not the beamed messages, but rather the arrogance of not
you tune in the radio, you don t have to worry about the dj jumping into your home and giving you a hard time. that s a completely harmless sort of thing and interesting because it would tell you whether earth is really, really special, or whether there is enormous quantities of life out there. larry: but david, one thing it has done with stephen hawking talking about it, it has opened many eyes, hasn t it? oh, yes. the problem is that everybody seems to have their own idea of of course what aliens ought to be like. we all say of course our broadcasts have already been detected by now. when seth himself has calculated and most of the astronomers have calculated that our tv broadcasts actually dissipate pretty soon after they leave our solar system. it s these narrow beams that are being sent out from taxpayer-paid observatories like aricebo and ukraine that are causing the fuss. without consulting the taxpayers, without consulting
that right for free speech is not absolute. there are limits that can be placed on it specifically with the time, place and manner of the speech. the westboro baptist church has a good argument. the facts in the brief say they were 1,000 feet away and the testimony is undisputed that father didn t see them when he attended the funeral. he only saw them later on the tv broadcasts. as a legal matter that does not help him. so the supreme court will have to decide whether the church crossed the boundaries. there is no question these lunatics at this church have the right to do this. the only question is where and how. and now as a result of this case more and more states passed laws you can t get anywhere near the actual funeral. whether it was 30 feet or 300 feet, that does make a difference, i guess. but what is in play here are a number of things. let s take the appeals court in