Time to Ditch the Drake Equation
January 1, 2019
Frank Drake's equation for the probability of space aliens is chopped-up ignorance mushed into pseudo-scientific sausage.
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SETI: A Fact-Free Occult Cult with Money
November 2, 2018
The science behind SETI is just window dressing. Believers obsess on space aliens with religious zeal, not evidence.
SETI: Passion With Little Hope of Success
October 3, 2018
SETI enthusiasts would rather believe in fake reality than accept the silence.
Hard Science Has a Firm Grip on Unreality
September 21, 2018
Anybody who thinks the hard sciences give us confidence in the real world should read this.
Richter Scaling: Is Funding for Astrobiology and SETI Justified?
August 7, 2018
Should the government fleece taxpayers again for a project with almost zero chance for success? Consider two "Richter scales" that should inform hopes.
The Frantic Determination of Some Scientists to Discover Life Elsewhere
July 6, 2018
We often hear exciting news about 'habitable planets' that might have life, or at least the 'building blocks of life.' Are these reports based on sound thinking about the requirements?
Most Exoplanets Are Probably Not Habitable
June 26, 2018
More astrobiologists are coming to the "depressing" conclusion that we are alone in the universe, but it's only depressing if you're an evolutionist.
What Is It About Space Aliens that Makes Evolutionists Go Nuts?
June 10, 2018
Week after week, month after month, year after year, evolutionists speculate about imaginary friends they have never seen.
Far-Out Cosmic Ideas Taught as Science
May 21, 2018
Secular cosmology is where the words cosmic and comic become interchangeable.
NASA Resurrects SETI
May 11, 2018
SETI has had no success since the 1950s. It lost government funding in 1993. It still has had no success. Why is the government throwing tax dollars at it again?
Astrobiology Still Has No Biology
April 11, 2018
Number of worlds beyond Earth where life has been discovered: zero. Number of optimistic articles about life in outer space: hundreds per year.
Space Entropy: The SpaceX Stunt as an Argument Against UFOs
February 9, 2018
A cosmic shooting gallery in space will make quick work of the racing car Elon Musk launched into space. Hint: it won't evolve into a Ferrari.
Can SETI Avoid Intelligent Design Implications by Rebranding?
January 25, 2018
A SETI leader thinks the label has outlived its usefulness and does not reflect what SETI scientists actually do.
Alien Intrusion: Half of Humans Believe in Space Aliens
December 10, 2017
A powerful new documentary coming on January 11 investigates the rise in belief in space aliens, UFOs and abductions.
Nuts for Aliens
November 27, 2017
Believers in space aliens, or even space bacteria, have cast all restraint to the wind. SETI today is indistinguishable from a cult, and so is its stepchild, astrobiology.