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Department of Physics & Astronomy Colloquium l ll Colloquium oll l Colloquium maryjo design THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15,2009 4:00 PM ROOM 1-425 Refreshments at 3:30pm 2nd floor outside room 1-425 ("SETI"), and why it will fail The search for intelligent life in the Universe ("SETI"), and why it will fail ABSTRACT The union of space telescopes and interstellar space- ships guarantees that if technological extraterrestrial civilizations were nearby or common, then someone would have come here long ago. Thus, the prospects for SETI are pretty dim. T T T T H H Professor Benjamin Zuckerman University of California, Los Angeles
