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Summary

The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence is a project which has captivated many people since its inception in 1960. For Usenet savvy individuals looking for more information on SETI, visit the newsgroups alt.sci.seti and sci.astro.seti in your favorite news reader. These newsgroups share a FAQ at http://setifaq.org/faq.html which contains a lot of helpful and informative information on various aspects of the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence including instructions for using the Drake Equation and understanding the Fermi Paradox. The newsgroup provides links to academic lectures about SETI, discussion on how best to proceed with SETI and what actions we should take for contacting potential extra-terrestrials, information on the SETI at home project, mathematical and scientific justification for the belief in extra-terrestrial intelligence, the problem of decoding alien transmissions if they are received by SETI, etcetera. One interesting post to the newsgroup reported the Vatican and the Dalai Lama have blessed the SETI project